Abrogation

[From Lat. ab, from; rogo, I ask.] The annulment of a law by competent authority. A phrase derived from the practice of the Roman popular a emblies, in which the several tribes, cur iæ, ., were said rogare suffragia, to demand the suffrage; whence also the modern word prerogative. See Comitia. Abro'ma, n. [From a, neg., and broma, food; i. e. not fit to be eaten.] ( Bot. ) A genus of evergreen shrubs, order Byttneriaceæ, distinguished by their hairy lobed leaves, and terminal or axillary clusters of yellow or purple flowers. They are natives of India, Java, and New Holland. The bark of Abroma august a furnishes a very tough fibrous ti ue, suited for manufacturing into cord age, and which requires no artificial cleaning. Abro'nia, n. ( Bot. ) A genus of handsome dwarf trailing perennial herbs, distinguished by their five-leaved involucre, surrounding a close head of many flowers.