Abatainentum

{., Abatement. The act of abating, t. Abatare. Debts are abated among creditors when, there being not enough funds to pay them in full, they are paid in part. A freehold is abated where a stranger enters upon a vacant possession, as after the death of the pereon last seised, and before the entry of the person next entitled, and keeps him out of possession. Legacies are abated among legatees where 'there are not funds enough to pay them in fulL A nuisance is abated where it is removed or destroyed, as it may be in a proper case by the act of the injured person. A suit is abated where it is determined, or the proceedings therein are suspended, from want of parties capable of proceeding, as by death, marriage, etc. A pleading in abatement is a plea which suspends the right of action or defeats the action without affecting the right.