1431 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 204 (MED) Payed to William Estffeld, mayr, For costes off owr parte off Repelyng off þe status off prentyshodys, xl s.

1445–6 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Feb. 1445 §49. m. 2 All the matiers conteined in this peticion, save onely repellyng of the statute.

1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xviii. f. cxxi^v Where neyther the makynge nor the repellynge [of the law] lyeth in neyther nother of theyr handes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 51 For the repealing of my banish'd Brother. View more context for this quotation

a1653 R. Filmer Patriarcha (1884) iii. §7. 52 The repealing or abrogating of any statute.

1723 Briton 9 Oct. 43 Nothing shews the Weakness of a Prince (or State) more than the frequent making of new, and repealing of old Laws.

1799 Monthly Mag. Oct. 716/2 The emperor by bestowing on P. Luigi..the title of prince of the Roman empire, had given him more pleasure than the repealing of the late imperial edicts would have done.

a1821 C. Biddle Autobiogr. (1883) iv. 223 After it had been passed, the repealing of it gave them just cause of complaint.

1886 Albany Law Jrnl. 32 324/2 Every change by statute by way of amending or repealing is a distinct evil.

1917 Amer. City Dec. 506/2 The repealing of the old law should bring about a reduction in the price of unskimmed milk and cream.

1992 UNESCO Courier Feb. 21/2 Despite the repealing of the land laws, land formerly expropriated from the blacks by forcible evacuation has not been returned.

1648 W. Prynne Machivilian Cromwellist 6 He and his Confederates enforce the Houses to pass this repealing Ordinance.

1677 Duke of Buckingham Speech proving Parl. Dissolved 7 After the Repealing Clause..There was in this Statute a Paragraph to this purpose [etc.].

1706 E. T. Balm of Gilead 22 There is the enacting and the repealing Power, and both are the same, for the same Power which enacts, may repeal.

1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 70 The suspending and repealing acts..and also the reviving act of 29 Hen. VI.

1839 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Jan. 136 It was wisest to wait the natural dissolution of the corporation, rather than accelerate that event by a repealing law.

1863 Sat. Rev. 11 July 39 The same ignorance or indolence which tempts legislators to introduce sweeping repealing clauses.

1911 E. S. Pankhurst Suffragette (N. Y. ed.) xviii. 359 The Legislature had brought in a repealing enactment to prevent women graduates voting and had succeeded in carrying it.

2001 Michigan Law Rev. 99 847 Statutes require a repealing statute to terminate their provisions.