Abrogation doctrine/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Abrogation doctrine.

Doctrine of United States constitutional law which determines when and how the United States Congress may waive a state's sovereign immunity and subject the state to lawsuits to which the state has not consented (i.e., to "abrogate" state immunity to such suits).