LEGAL WORD
Doctrine of eclipse
Doctrine · Constitutional law
Doctrine of eclipse
- Type: Doctrine
- Area of law: Constitutional law
1 What it means
A pre Constitution law inconsistent with fundamental rights is not dead but overshadowed, and revives if the inconsistency is removed.
2 Use it in a sentence
The doctrine of eclipse explains why the old law revived after the constitutional amendment.
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