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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
The entry of a stranger - after the death of the ancestor, and before the heir or devisee takes possession, by which the rightful possession of the heir or devisee is defeated.
3 Bl. Com. 167; Co. Lit. 277, a; Finch’s Law, 195; Arch. Civ. PI. 11..
ABATOR is, Ist, he who abates or prostrates a nuisance; 2, he who having no right of entry, gets possession of the freehold to the prejudice of an heir or devisee, after the time when the ancestor died, and before the heir or devisee enters. See article Abatement. As to the consequence of an abator dying in possession, see Adams’s Eject. 43.