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a dead letter an agreement or a law which still exists but which people do not obey or which is not effective any more. The ceasefire agreement was a dead letter as soon as it was signed since neither side had any intention of keeping to it. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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If the State Legislature does not act on the Governor's budget by the next fiscal year, the bills in the Governor's budget become dead letters. In the last half-century, that enthusiasm has dulled at the edges, and Rousseau, like some great parcel in the Dead Letters Office of art history, waits to be reclaimed. |
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