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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. 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....
3. abator, n.1 View full entry c1523
...A person who takes possession of land between the death of the owner and the accession of the legal heir. See abate...
4. 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)...
5. abdicate, v. View full entry 1532
...trans. To proclaim or declare to be no longer one's own; to disown, cast off; esp. to disown or disinherit a child. Obs. (hist. in...
6. abdication, n. View full entry 1552
...The action or practice of formally disowning or casting off a person, esp. one's child. Chiefly hist., with reference to ancient Greek and Roman law....
7. 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....
8. abeyance, n. View full entry 1556
...Law. Of a right or title: the position of waiting for or temporarily being without a claimant or owner. Also: a period of being without a claimant or owner. Chiefly in...
9. abjured, adj. View full entry 1533
...That has abjured or renounced heresy, a religion, etc. Now hist....
10. abolition, n. View full entry 1529
...The action or process of abolishing something; the fact of being abolished or done away with; suppression, destruction, annihilation; an instance of this....
11. 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 ...
12. above-recited, adj. View full entry 1534
...Recited previously in the present text....
13. abrogate, v. View full entry ?1520
...trans. To repeal (a law, established usage, etc.); to abolish authoritatively or formally; to annul, to cancel....
14. abrogation, n. View full entry 1535
...The act of abrogating something; the repeal or abolition of a law, custom, institution, etc. Also: the state of being abrogated....
15. absolvitor, n. View full entry 1547
...A decree or decision of a court in favour of a defendant in an action. Also as postmodifier. In later use only in decree of absolvitor. Cf. condemnator...
16. abstractor, n. View full entry 1584
...A person who makes an abstract of a text or document. Cf. abstracter...
17. 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,...
18. acceptilation, n. View full entry c1538
...Release from a debt by an acquittance without payment; an instance of this. Formerly also fig.: †free remission of sins (obs.)....
19. accession, n. View full entry 1551
...Something which is added or joined to another thing; an augmentation. Also: a person who joins a group of others....
20. accomplice, n. View full entry 1550
...A partner in some undertaking; an associate. Sometimes humorous with reference to sense 2....
