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Old December 19, 2023, 05:37 PM
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derogar = repeal (abolish, annul, overturn)
«derogue» is the command form (and the present subjunctive form).
There is no pronominal form of this verb.

You can find the command «deróguese» written in legal documents, where someone (or some group) is begging lawmakers to 'repeal' a law that's already on the books or one that is up for proposal. The use of the pronoun 'se' suggests that the agent making this entreaty is of no concern to the lawmakers.

You'll also discover, as I did, that in many legal documents this "passive" command form is spelled exactly as the thread title indicates (which is actually a misspelling!). This could be due to a preference by lawmakers to use old-fashioned looking language in legal documents (just as English legalese often looks and sounds).
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