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1. A, n. View full entry 1569
...Chiefly Logic and Law. A hypothetical person, thing, or example, usually the first of two or more....
2. ABH in A, n. View full entry 1975
...actual bodily harm; cf. G.B.H.G6....
3. AG in A, n. View full entry 1814
...Attorney General....
4. abandon, v. View full entry 1755
...trans.Commercial Law (chiefly in marine insurance). To relinquish to the underwriters all interest in or claim to (property insured) after a loss. Also intr....
5. abandonment, n. View full entry 1764
...Commercial Law (chiefly in marine insurance). The relinquishment to the underwriters of all interest in property insured after a loss; an instance of this....
6. notice of abandonment in abandonment, n. View full entry 1781
...a formal notification of intent to give up or relinquish something; (freq.) spec. in Commercial Law (chiefly in marine insurance) a formal assurance of intent to relinquish to...
7. † abandum, n. View full entry 1729
...Anything which is sequestered, proscribed, or abandoned....
8. abatable, adj. View full entry c1430
...That may be abated; liable to be abated (in various senses of abate)....
9. abate, v.1 View full entry c1325
...To cause to cease; to do away with; spec. to terminate or dismiss (a legal proceeding) before completion, esp. as a result of a procedural matter or a change of...
10. abate, v.1 View full entry c1475
...Law. To render (a writ or similar document) null or void; to make or declare invalid; to cause to lapse. Also intr.: (of a writ) to become or be...
11. abate, v.1 View full entry 1647
...To put an end to or remove (a nuisance (nuisance2)). Also in extended use....
12. abate, v.1 View full entry ?a1425
...trans. To knock or tear down (a structure); to destroy, demolish, raze to the ground. Law in later use....
13. abate, v.1 View full entry 1705
...intr. To fall or be reduced in value or price; spec. (Law) (of a legacy) to be reduced, esp. when an estate is insufficient to cover all...
14. 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....
15. abate, v.2 View full entry 1484
...intr. in same sense. Freq. with in, into, upon....
16. abated, adj. View full entry 1787
...Of a legal proceeding: that has been terminated or dismissed before completion. Cf. abate2a....
17. abated, adj. View full entry 1799
...Of a statutory or public nuisance: that has been removed or stopped. Cf. abate2c....
18. 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....
19. abatement, n.2 View full entry c1436
...The action or fact of abating a legal proceeding, writ, etc.; an instance of this (see abate2aabate2b). Freq. in plea in abatement (cf. plea...
20. abatement, n.2 View full entry 1691
...The action or fact of abating or removing a nuisance; an instance of this. See abate2c....
