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repugnancy /rɪˈpʌɡnənsi /noun [mass noun] formalInconsistency or incompatibility of ideas or statements: words in a contract will be given their ordinary meaning unless that produces absurdity, inconsistency, or repugnancy...- There is a total inconsistency and repugnancy between the Minister's manifest intention and the literal effect of the document, and, in my judgment, the former should prevail.
- The issue really, whether it is put in terms of repugnancy or inconsistency, is whether the State procedure rules, the amendment rules, would alter, impair or detract from the operation of section 34 of the Commonwealth Act.
- What it gives rise to is a limited operational repugnancy or inconsistency within the meaning of section 2 of the Colonial Laws Validity Act, that is, prorogation under section 3 ought be given its full common law meaning.
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