LEX POSTERIOR DEROGAT PRIORI

lex posterior derogat priori (leks pah-steer-ee-[schwa]r der-[schwa]-gat pr I-or-I). [Latin “a later law prevails over an earlier one”] The principle that a later statute negates the effect of a prior one if the later statute expressly repeals, or is obviously repugnant to, the earlier law.