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A written and accessible code of behavior which is enforced by a powerful entity (almost always a state actor). Part of this code includes the entities responsible for maintaining and interpreting the written statutes, the punishments that can be applied in the case of the violation of the stated rules, and the means for determining guilt and innocence of parties suspected of violating any aspect of the aforementioned laws.

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Has the US Congress ever repealed a law?

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 http://www.nationalcenter.org/FugitiveSlaveAct.html It was the law of the land. It was repealed June 28, 1864...14 years and a Civil War later. …
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