Abandonment For Torts — Law Dictionary

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In Civil Law. The relinquisbment of a slave or animal who had committed a trespass to the person injured, in discbarge of the owner's liability for such trespass or injury- Lf this were done, the owner could not be held to any further responsibility. Just. Inst. 4. 8, 9. A similar right exists in Louisiana; Fitzgerald v. Ferguson, 11 La. An. 396. ABANDUM or ABAND0NUM. Anything sequestered, proscribed or abandoned. Cunningham. ABARNARE (Lat.). To discover and disclose to a magistrate any secret crime. Leges Canuii, cap. 10. ABATAMENTUM (Lat. abatare). An entry by interposition. Co. Litt- 277. An abatement. Yelv. 151.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In the civil law. The act of a person who was sued in a noxal action, i. e., for a tort or trespass committed by his slave or his animal, in relinquishing and abandoning the slave or animal to the person injured, whereby he saved himself from any further responsibility. See lust. 4, 8, 9; Fitzgerald v. Ferguson, 11 La. Aim. 396.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In the civil law. The act of a person who was sued in a noxal action, i. e., fora tort or tresanimal to the person injured, whereby he saved himself from any further responsibility. Seo Inst. 4, 8,9; 11 La. Ann. 396,