However, even if it takes these steps, a union will not be considered to have 'effectively repudiated' an act if:

It effectively repudiates the Geneva Conventions, putting American soldiers at risk.

The change effectively repudiated an internal draft regulation that proposed withdrawing federal protections from many isolated wetlands and intermittent streams, including many small waterways in the arid West.

Newton's use of gravitational force, which worked "at a distance," effectively repudiated Descartes' mechanics, in which interactions happened exclusively by contact.

Now this is a very clear and weighty statement, which effectively repudiates the Erasmian tradition and specifically denies Locke's insistence that truth must be pursued wherever it leads.

In response, Sudan raised the Sennar Dam in the summer of 1959, effectively repudiating the 1929 agreement signed with Egypt.

Startled, the military regime effectively repudiated the results.

For many environmental groups, Mr. Bush's legacy was assured in his first year, thanks to highly publicized decisions that effectively repudiated Clinton administration positions.

The treaty formally acknowledged the favorable position of Macedonia, including the capture of Illyria, but Philip effectively repudiated his alliance with Hannibal.

Their cuts would profoundly reshape government operations, effectively repudiating the activist role pursued by Gov. Jim Florio, a Democrat, and Thomas Kean, his Repubican predecessor.