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Abridge meaning
To deprive; to cut off. | To debar from. | To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
Example sentences (8)
In televised remarks before the cabinet session, Netanyahu said it was “unthinkable” that the government would abridge the right to demonstrate or support any violence against protesters.
A seven-member panel of Justices of the apex court, led by Justice Garba Lawal, issued the order on Thursday while ruling on an application filed by the AGF, seeking to abridge the time for the filing and exchange of processes in the matter.
A divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled on Thursday that the law did not violate the 26th Amendment because it merely confers a benefit to a certain age group and does not abridge the right to vote for others.
But if Louisiana wished to abridge them, so be it.
Once an Election Tribunal is seised with a matter in line with provisions of section 239 and 385 of the constitution, it can no longer reside with the legislature to curtail or abridge the powers of that court.
While speaking at the wedding reception, the bridegroom’s father, Alhaji Ganduje described the wedding as abridge building mechanism that would provide an everlasting friendship across the Niger.
For instance, he claims his wife Helen is a psychiatrist and that he was inspired to abridge Morgenstern's The Princess Bride for his only child, a son.
The response was to deny Congress power to abridge the ancient right of individuals to keep and bear arms, so that the ideal of a citizens’ militia would be preserved.