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dead letter
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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.
See also: dead, letter


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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.
NY Building Congress opposes budget reform by Real Estate Weekly
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.
Noble Salvage by SHONE, RICHARD / Artforum International
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