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1. abandon, v. View full entry a1393
...trans. To let go, give up, renounce (a pursuit, practice, possession, etc.); to cease to use, have, or practise....
2. † abandum, n. View full entry 1729
...Anything which is sequestered, proscribed, or abandoned....
3. abatable, adj. View full entry c1430
...That may be abated; liable to be abated (in various senses of abate)....
4. abate, v.1 View full entry c1300
...trans. To put an end to (a condition, state of affairs, etc.). Obs....
5. abate, v.2 View full entry c1436
...trans. (refl.). To take possession of land between the death of the owner and the accession of the heir, thereby keeping the legitimate heir out of possession....
6. abatement, n.1 View full entry ?a1400
...The action of abate; wrongful occupation of land or property, usurpation; an instance of this. Freq. in abatement of freehold....
7. 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....
8. 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...
9. abbot, n. View full entry eOE
...A man who is the head or superior of an abbey of (Christian) monks. Also used as a title placed before (and in Old English also after) a name....
10. 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...
11. 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....
12. aberemurder, n. View full entry 1647
...Deliberate, premeditated murder....
13. abetment, n. View full entry c1380
...Chiefly Law. The action or fact of encouraging, instigating, or assisting in a crime or other misdeed....
14. abettor, n. View full entry 1387-8
...Chiefly Law. A person who encourages or assists an offender....
15. 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...
16. ability, n. View full entry a1398
...Suitableness or adaptation for a purpose; fitness, aptitude; (also) an instance of this. Obs....
17. ab inconvenienti, adv. View full entry 1606
...From the inconvenience or difficulty involved (used with reference to an argument opposing a proposition on the grounds that it would cause hardship, inconvenience, or some other negative consequence)....
18. abintestate, adv. View full entry 1658
...= ab intestato; (also occas.) intestate, without having made a will....
19. ab intestato, adv. View full entry 1613
...From an intestate person, by intestacy (used with reference to matters of succession or inheritance)....
20. 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....
