Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Republication

n. 1. The act or an instance of publishing again or anew. 2. Wills & estates. Reestablishment of the validity of a previously revoked will by repeating the formalities of execution or by using a codicil. ( The result is to make the old will effective from the date of republication. - Also termed (in sense 2) revalidation. - republish, ub. Cf. REVIVAL (2).

express republication

A testator's repeating of the acts essential to a will's valid execution, with the avowed intent of republishing the will. See REPUBLICATION (2).