Definition for RE-PUB-LIC-A'TION

RE-PUB-LIC-A'TION, n. [re and publication.]

  1. A second publication, or a new publication of something before published.
  2. A second publication, as of a former will; renewal. If there be many testaments, the last overthrows all the former; but the republication of a former will, revokes one of a later date, and establishes the first. – Blackstone.

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