Abatamentum
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
L. Lat.
In old English law. An abatement of freehold; an entry upon lands by way of interposition between the dcath of the ancestor and the entry of the heir. Co. Litt. 277a; Yel. 151.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Lat. Inald Enplish law, An abatement of freehold; &n entry Bpon lands by way of interposition between the death of the ancestor and the entry of the heir. Co. Litt. 277a; Yel. 151.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I., or Abatement. (A making less; a destroying.) Of a nuisance, when the party injured removes or destroys it. Of freehold, when a stranger enters, and keeps possession of, lands, after the death of the person last seised, and before the entry of the person next entitled. Of legacies, when there are not assets to pay all debts or legacies in fuU; in like there is abatement of debts creditors. Of death, marriage, or bankruptcy; or by Pleas these are pleas which only suspend the right feat a particular action without affecting the
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [fromoiatare, q. v.] An abatement of freehold; an entry upon lands by way of interposition between the death of the ancestor, and the entry of the heir. Co. Litt. 277 a. Yelv. 161. See Abatement of freehold.