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1. abandonment, n. View full entry 1593
...The surrender or devotion of oneself to an influence, passion, emotion, etc.; self-abandonment; an instance of this....
2. abatable, adj. View full entry c1430
...That may be abated; liable to be abated (in various senses of abate)....
3. abated, adj. View full entry ?c1400
...Reduced, diminished, lessened (esp. in quality or amount)....
4. abatement, n.2 View full entry 1421
...The result of abating or lessening (in various senses of abateII.); the amount by which something is abated; a reduction, deduction, decrease....
5. abater, n.1 View full entry 1583
...A person who, or thing which, abates (in various senses of abate), esp. (chiefly Law) one that abates a nuisance....
6. abating, n. View full entry 1370
...The action or process of reducing, or lessening; reduction, diminution, decrease; an instance of this....
7. abbreviate, n. View full entry 1531
...Chiefly Sc. A condensed account of something; an abridgement; a summary; an abstract. Now Sc. Law: a brief notice registering a decree of adjudication (adjudication3a)...
8. abearance, n. View full entry 1552
...Behaviour, conduct. Esp. (now only) in good abearance (Law): legally acceptable behaviour, as pledged under surety by an offender to avoid or reduce the severity of a punishment....
9. abeyancy, n. View full entry 1839
...= abeyance (in either sense)....
10. abintestate, adv. View full entry 1658
...= ab intestato; (also occas.) intestate, without having made a will....
11. abjudication, n. View full entry 1623
...The action or an act of taking away by judicial decision. Also: the action of passing judgement against a person or thing....
12. abjured, adj. View full entry 1533
...That has abjured or renounced heresy, a religion, etc. Now hist....
13. able, v. View full entry a1400
...trans....
14. above bounden, adj. (and n.) View full entry 1550
...Of a person: that is under a legal obligation set out previously in the present document. Also as ...
15. above-recited, adj. View full entry 1534
...Recited previously in the present text....
16. abrogator, n. View full entry a1602
...A person who or (occas.) thing which abrogates something....
17. absent, prep. View full entry 1888
...In the absence of, without....
18. abstracter, n. View full entry 1678
...A person who makes an abstract of a text or document. In early use also: a person who extracts or copies text from another work (cf. abstract3a). Cf. ...
19. acceptance, n. View full entry 1528-30
...Law. An agreement to abide by the act or contract of another, such as a predecessor in an office, by some act which amounts to a recognition or approval of it,...
20. † acceptilate, v. View full entry 1880
...trans. To discharge (a debt) by an acquittance without payment. Cf. acceptilation...
