Blue pencil rule and severability

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• ATT.-GEN., ABIA STATE VS. ATT.-GEN., FEDERATION (2002)→

  Court

  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  6 May 2002

  A detailed legal analysis of the Supreme Court decision in Att.-Gen., Abia State vs. Att.-Gen., Federation regarding the legislative powers of the National and

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