Doherty v. Commissioner of Administration

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• noting that implied repeal may be found where “the Legislature enacts a law covering a particular field but leaves conflicting prior prescriptions unrepealed”
• test of implied repeal is “whether the prior statute is so repugnant to and inconsistent with the later enactment covering the subject matter that both cannot stand”

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