Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

depublish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: depub-lish
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove legal opinions from the record such that they can no longer be used as precedent.

Example Sentences

"[…] the California Supreme Court declined either to depublish or accept the case for review even though it received extensive amicus briefs in support of United California Bank's petition from six leading California banks […]"
"For example, in the courts of the state of California, the Supreme Court can “depublish” or remove from all official records, and thus from legal authority, prior case opinions it delivered but has since decided are not good examples of legal analysis."

Etymology

From de- + publish.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de

Inflected Forms

depublishes (present, singular) depublishing (participle, present) depublished (participle, past) depublished (past)

Questions

What does depublish mean?: To remove legal opinions from the record such that they can no longer be used as precedent.
Where does depublish come from?: From de- + publish.

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