Lex posterior derogat (legi) priori lāks pōstā´rēōr dā´rōgat (lā´gē) prēō´rē . leks pōstē´rē‐ɜr de´rōgât (le´jī) prīō´rī .
“A later law repeals an earlier (law).”A maxim meaning that a legal rule arising after a conflicting legal rule prevails over the earlier rule to the extent of the conflict. The principle may apply both to customary rules of law and to provisions of conflicting treaties between the same parties. It is sometimes referred to by way of abbreviation as the ... ...
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