Vacatio legis

Vacatio legis (Latin for "absence of law") is a technical term in law which designates the period between the announcement of a legislation and its entering into force.

This concept also exists in the Catholic canon law.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ 1983 Code of Canon Law, Canon 8
  2. ^ The Vatican Collection "Vatican Council II: Volume 1: The Conciliar and Post Conciliar Documents" (New Revised Edition, General Editor: Austin Flanery, O.P.), page 43, footnote "c"
  3. ^ Fernando della Rocca, "Manual of Canon Law", pg. 70 (§37)