Desert
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
(Lat. deserere). To leave or quit with an intention not to return; to forsake utterly; to abandon. "In the common acceptance, both of the common and canon law, doth signify only a bare withdrawing, a temporary quitting of a thing, and neglect only; which leaveth the party at liberty of returning to it again."
26 Barb. (N. Y.) 501.