ABOLITOR

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ABSENCE

gating; an amnesty ; leave given by ajudge to desist from prosecution.

Abolitor. One who takes away a thing.

Abordage. In French law, collision of vessels.

Abortion. A miscarriage, or the pre mature expulsion of the foetus. The foetis when brought forth before the term of gesta tion is completed.

Abortive trial. See Trial, Abor tive.

Abortus. A child delivered before the proper time.

About. Around, close to, near, in the proximity of.

Aboutissement. An abutment or abuttal.

Above. Higher, upper, superior.

Above, court. The appellate court to which a cause is removed.

Above, defendant. The defendant before an appellate court.

Above mentioned. Quoted above. The expression arose from writing or scrolls where even thing written before was neces sarily above.

Above par. See Par, Above.

Above, plaintiff. The plaintiff in an appellate court.

Abpatruus. A great great grandfather's brother.

Abrado. To rub off ; to erase.

Abrasio. Erasing in a writ.

Abridge. To shorten, condense, dimin ish. To make a declaration or count shorter in substance. To deprive of.

Abridgement. A compendium ; epi tome. A digest of the law. The reduction of a demand. The condensation of the work of an author.

Abridgement of damages. The right which a court has in certain cases to reduce damage? .

Abroad. In another country ; beyond the seas.

Abroachment. Same as Abbroche- ment.

Abroceur. A broker.

Abrogate. To set aside or appeal. To annul ; to abolish : to repeal.

Abrogation. The legal annulling or a repeal of a law. The act of abrogating.

Abrogation, express. Repeal by ex press words.

Abrogation, implied. An abroga tion implied by law from facts or in a statute or treaty from terms of a subsequent one.

Abrogo. To take away anything ; to abrogate it ; to repeal.

Abs. The form of a or ab (from) in composition.

Abs-cedo. To depart from some place; to withdraw an action.

Abscessio. Abscession.

Abscession. A separating.

Abscessus. Departure. Absence.

Abscond. To disappear ; to hide one's self with intent to avoid legal process.

Absconding debtor. One who goes beyond the jurisdiction or conceals himself from his creditors.

Absconditor. One who hides. A deb tor who secretes himself.

Absconditus. Hidden. Abscondo. To conceal carefully ; to keep out of view.

Absence. Non-appearance.

Absence beyond seas. Out of Eng land ; out of a State, or the United States.

Absence cum dolo et culpa. Ab sence to avoid a writ, subpoena, citation, arrest, or to defeat creditors.

Absence, entirely voluntary. That on account of business or trade.

Absence, necessary. Where a per son is banished, transported, or confined in a penitentiary or prison.

Absence, necessary and voluntary. Absence in public service.