Above

Higher; superior. As, court above, bail above, plaintiff or defendant above. Above all incumbrances means in excess thereof; Williams v. Mc Donald, 42 N. J. Eq. 395, 7 Atl. SCI!. ABPATRUUS (Lat.). A great-great-uncle; or, a great-great-grandfather's brother. Du Cange, Pat runs. It sometimes means uncle, and sometimes great-uncle. the substance of it.

Brooke, Abr., Com., Dig Abridgment; 1 Viner, Abr. 109.

To abridge a plaint is to strike out a part of the demand and pray that the tenant answer to the rest. This was allowable ally in real actions where the writ v. Ubero tenemento, as assize, d< demandant claimed land of which the tenant was not seized. See i:.

207, n. 2; 2 id.

24, 330; Br< Abridgment',.Minor v. Bank, 1 Pet (U. 7 L. Ed. 47; Stearns, Real Act. abridgment. Condensation; contraction. An epitome or compendium of another and larger work, wherein the principal ideas of the larger work are summarily contained. Abridgments of the law or dipests of adjudged cases serve the very useful purpose of an index to the cases abridged; 5 Co. 25. Coke says they are most profitable to those who make them; Co. Litt, in preface to the table at the end of the work. With few exceptions, the old abridgments are not entitled to be considered authoritative. See Authority. See 2 Wils. 1, 2; 1 Burr. 304; 1 W. Bla. 101; 3 Term 64, 2 11: and an article in the North American Review, July, L826, p. 8, for an account of the principal abridgments, whir]) was written by the late Justice Story, and is reprinted in his "Miscellaneous Writings," p.

79; Warren, Law Stud. TVs.

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See Copyright.