Abnepos

Lat. A great-great-grandson. The grandson of a grandson or granddaughter, Calvin.

in the civil law, is the grandson of the grandson or grand-daughter, or fourth descendant.—A bneptis, is the grand-daughter which a thing is extinguished, abrogated or annihilated. Merl. Repert. h. t., as the abolition of slavery is the destruction of slavery. In the French law abolition is used nearly synonymously with pardon, remission, grace. ‘There is, however, this difference; gracc is the generic term; pardon, according to that law, is the clemency which the prince extends to a man who has participated in a crime, without being the principal or accomplice; remission is made in cases of involuntary homicides, and self-defence. Abolition is different; it is applied when the crime exists which cannot be remitted. The prince then may by letters of abolition remit the punishment, but the infamy remains, unless letters of abolition have been obtained before sentence. Encycl. de d’Alembert, h. t. The term abolition is used in the German law in the sense it is used in the French law. Encycl. Amer. h. t.