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Abatare

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

To abate. Yelv. 151.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

To abate. Yelv. 151. ABATE (Fr. ibattre, L. Fr. abater). To throw down, to beat down, destroy, quash. 3 Shars. Bla. Com. 168; Case v. Humphrey, 6 Conn. 140. See Abatement and Revival.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I. l, Abater, abatre, fr., Abate.

In old English law. To cut

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. [from Fr. abater, q. v.] To abate. Abatavit; she abated. Yelv. 151. See Abate.