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Ab. From ; away from ; out of ; down from ; since ; after ; by ; at ; in ; on.

Ab actus. An officer who entered the proceedings of a court. A clerk of a court.

Ab epistolis. A secretary or one hav ing charge of the correspondence of another. Ab initio. From the beginning. Ab irato action. See Action ab Irato.

Ab vinculis matrimonii. From the bonds of matrimony.

Abacot. A cap worn by ancient kings. Abactor. A cattle stealer. Abactores. Same as AbacTOrS. Abactors. Stealers and drivers away of cattle.

Abacus. Meaning arithmetic. (From abacus, a table on which the ancients made figures).

Abacy. A religious house governed by an abbot.

Abalienate. To alienate or estrange one. To transfer the ownership to another.

Abalienation. A transfer of property by sale or other alienation ; the complete transfer of a thing.

Abalieno. Abalienate. Abamita. A sister of one's great great gra ndfathcr.

Abadengo. In Spanish law, lands or towns within the jurisdiction of an abbot. Land owned by a religious corporation.

Abandon. To give up ; to forsake ; to desert ; to leave ; to relinquish ; to renounce; to resign ; to abdicate ; to surrender ; to forego.

Abandonee. One to whom property is relinquished or abandoned. An insurer of property which has become a total loss.

Abandonment. Desertion ; surrender; relinquishment of property. See Abandon.

Abandonment for torts. 1 n Civil law, the abandoning by the master, of a slave or animal that had committed a tort.

ABATOR

Abaidum. A thing sequestered, pro scribed, or abandoned.

Abaidun. Same as Abandum. Abajte. From before. Abanare. To discover and disclose a crime ten magistrate.

Abatsta. An arithmetician. Abatmentum. Abatement (which see). Abalre. To abate ; to overthrow, de molish.

Abatvit. He or she abated. Abal. To break down or destroy ; to step in ttween a former possessor and his heirs.

Abatment. A making less ; a destroy ing ; sus.msion ; removal. The term ap plied to plea praying that the suit may abate, n entry by interposition.

Abataent of a freehold. Where a stranger akes entry and gets possession of the frecld before the heir enters. See Intrusm

Abat-ient of an estate. Same as Abate.vu - of a Freehold.

Abat ent of a legacy. Where a legacy isiuced in order to pay all debts and othe-gacies.

Aba,"t ent of a nuisance. The re moval o nuisance.

Abatent of a writ. Where it is quashed set aside on account of some de fect.

Abatent of litigation. Where an action is-ninated by the death of a party or changf interest during the litigation.

Abatant, Plea in. A plea which defeats articular action without affecting the right ie which suspends the right to sue.

Aba"fc Same as Abator. Aba/t Beat down, quashed, defeated, interpos-i*

Aba-"4 He who removes a nuisance. He whea in between a former possessor and hi e» . The cause in effecting an abatenn «1 See Intrusion.