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Abatre To abate, throw down, or de stroy.

Abatu. Wood cut, or fallen. Abatuda Anything diminished. Abatuda, Moneta. Money clipped. Abatude. Same as Abatuda. Abatus. Beaten or thrown down. Abavia. In Civil law, a great great grandmother.

Abavita. A great great grandfather's sister.

Abavunculus. In Civil law, a great great grandmother's brother.

Abavunculus magrnus. SameasABA-

VUNCL'LLS.

Abavunculus maximus. Same as Abavunculus.

Abaty (a'Abaty). Entered by abate ment ; interposed.

Abaudissent. To give themselves up to. Abavus. Forefather ; ancestor ; great great grandfather.

Abbaiaunce. Abeyance.

Abbaizance. Abeyance.

Abbas. An Abbat.

Abbat. (or Abbot). A spiritual gov ernor of a religious house.

Abbatis. A hostler .or steward of the stables.

Abbatissa. An Abbess. Abbetare. To abet ; an abettor. Abbetator. An abbetor. Abbetor. An accomplice ; one who aids, abets, or encourages a crime. Abbetum. Abatement. Abbot. See Abbat.

Abbreviamentum. An abridgement ; a summary.

Abbreviare. -To abridge ; to make shorter.

Abbreviate of adjudication. In

Scotch law, an abstract of the adjudication, the amount of debt and the land adjudged. Abbreviatio. An abbreviation.

Abbreviatio placitorum. An abstract of pleadings previous to the Year Books.

Abbreviation. A name, word or term which is shortened so that a part stands for the whole.

Abbreviators. Officers who draft the the Pope's briefs and preface papal bulls.

Abbreviature. A short draft.

Abbrevoir. A watering place.

Abbroach. To forestall a market. See Abbrochement.

Abbrocamentum. Abbrochement.

Abbroche. Same as Abbroach. Abbrochement. The buying up of goods by wholesale before they are brought to mar ket and selling at retail ; forestalling a mar ket or fair. See Forestalling.

Abbuttals (or Abutals). The buttings or boundaries of lands.

Abcariare. To carry away.

Abdicate. To renounce or refuse any thing, particularly the throne or government. In Roman law, to disinherit.

Abdication. A renunciation ; the vol untary relinquishment of an office (not in favor of another), before the term has ex pired.

Abdico. To renounce a thing. Abditorium. A hiding place for relics, plate, or money.

Abditus. Hidden, concealed.

Abducere. To carry away a human being.

Abduco. To abduct. To alienate. To entice.

Abduction. The offense of taking away or detention of a man's wife, child or ward, either by violence or fraud or persuasion.

Abduxit. He led or carried away.

Abearance. Deportment, conduct, or behavior.

Abeched. Satisfied.

Aberemurder. Murder as distinguished from manslaughter and chance-medley.

Abesse. To be absent. To be out of one's possession. To be out of existence.