Practice question · Match the pairs
Match each term to its definition.
- Vacatio legis
- Promulgation
- Tacit repeal
- Transitional provision
- Death by contradiction with a newer equal norm
- Rules bridging old situations and new law
- The gap between publication and force
- Formal proclamation that a law exists
Hints
- Separate the norm's birth from its life from its death.
- One term names the gap between publication and entry into force.
Show the answer
- Vacatio legis → The gap between publication and force
- Promulgation → Formal proclamation that a law exists
- Tacit repeal → Death by contradiction with a newer equal norm
- Transitional provision → Rules bridging old situations and new law
Why
The vocabulary of a norm’s birth, life, and death, plus the bridge clauses that manage the change of guard.
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