Abatamentum
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
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.