Mutually repugnant or contradictory; contrary, the one to the oth-er, so that both cannot stand, but the accept-ance or establishment of the one implies the abrogation or abandonment of the other; as, In speaking of “Inconsistent defenses,” or the repeal by a statute of “all laws inconsistent herewith.” See In re Hickory Tree Road, 43 Pa. 142; Irwin v. Holbrook, 32 wash. 349, 73 Pac. 361; Swan v. U. S., 3 wyo. 151, 9 Pac. 931
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
