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The removal, prostration or destruction of, that which causes a nuisance, whether by breaking or pulling it down or otherwise removing, disintegrating or effacing it. Ruff v. Phill

Awrongful entry by a stranger on lands of a decedent before the heir or devisee has taken possession. 3 Bl. Comm. 167. See, also, "Amotion;' "Intrusion;" "Disseisin."

The extinction or removal of a nuisance by physical means or by suit. See 50 Ga. 130.

in real and personal actions, the death of either party, before judgment, did at common law abate the suit; and... the 31st section of the Judiciary Act of 1789, c. 20., was necess

While it is true that the duty required concerns the state, the suit is against [the officer] as an individual, and he alone can be punished for the failure to obey an injunction,

There is a material distinction between the death of parties before judgment and after judgment, and while a writ of error is depending. In the former case, all personal actions by

Abatre. L.Fr. To beat down, overthrow, or demolish. Stat. Westm. 1. c. 17. ^t%e Abate. To abate, or quash. // n'est reason de abater le brief; it is no reason for quashing the writ

Lat. Diminished. v. Moneta abatuda. Abatus, fr. Beaten or thrown down; abated; quashed. Thus, mur abatu, a wall thrown down; bois abatu, wood cut or fallen; arbres abatues de vent,

One who abates or destroys a nuisance. One who, having no right of entry, gets the ancestor died, and before the heir or devisee enters. Litt. § 397; Perk. § 383; 2 Prest. Abstr. 2

abbatre, abater, fr. To abate, throw Abatre maison: to raze a house. Abatus down by the wind.

Anything diminished; as, moneta abatuda, which is money clipped or diminished in value. Cowell.

Abatu. L. Fr. [from abater, q. v.] Beaten or thrown down. Bois abatu; wood cut or fallen. Kelham. Abated, quashed. Un briefe fuit abatu. A writ was quashed. Reg. Orig. 97 b, nota.

A great-great-grandmother.

Used for abamita, which see.

A great-great-grandmother's brother. Calvinus, Lex.

A great-great-grandfather, or fourth male ascendant.

The government of a religious house, and the revenues thereof, subject to an abbot, as a bishopric' is to a bishop. Cowell.

Fr. Abeyance. See Abeyance.

In criminal law. The form or ceremony of calling a prisoner to the bar, and (in treason or felony) making him hold up his hand, or otherwise own himself to be the party charged; re

Arrainare. L. Lat. To arraign; to conduct in an orderly manner; to prosecute, institute or bring. Assisam arrainare; to bring an assise, (an action so called.) In assisa quam idem

Lat. An abbess. Beg. Jud. 4 b.

Abettare. L. Lat. To abet. Rast. Entr. 54. Abettasse et procurasse; to have abetted and procured. Reg. Orig. 131 a. See Abet.

1 1. In old English law. Abetment

abettare, Lat. In old English law. To abet, q. v. Abettasse et procurasse: to have abetted and procured. Abettans: abetting. Abettans, comfortans, et manutenens: abetting, comforti

Lat. Abetment. Beg. Orig. 270 a. Stat. Westm. 2, c. 12. See Abetment.

A monastery or convent for the use of an association of religious per. having an abbot or abbess to preside over them.

5 1. To shorten, condense; to epitomize, reduce, contract. A reasonable abridgment of a copyrighted publication is permitted as a new production, involving in its preparation intel

i Not governed by fixed rules; not defined by statute; discretionary: as, arbitrary punishment. See Discretion; Judge. Without cause or reason shown; as, an arbitrary challenge.^ A

They were prelates in the 13th century who had had an Immemorial right to sit in the national assembly. Taylor, Science of Jurispr. 287.

An abstract of ancient judicial records prior to the Year-books.

In Scotch Jaw. An abstract. Ersk. Inst. bk. 2, tit. 12, § 43.

The terms “abbreviated application for a generic new animal drug” and “abbreviated application” mean an abbreviated application for the approval of any generic new animal drug subm

The terms “abbreviated application for a generic new animal drug” and “abbreviated application” mean an abbreviated application for the approval of any generic new animal drug subm

The term “abbreviated drug application” means an application submitted under section 355(j) of this title for the approval of a drug that relies on the approved application of anot

The term “abbreviated new drug application”— (A) means an application submitted under section 355(j) of this title , an abbreviated application submitted under section 357 of this

In Scotch law. The recorded abstract of an adjudication {q. v.) ABBREViATiO PLACITORUi Vl. An abstract of ancient judicial records, prior to the Year Books. See Steph. PL (7th Ed.)

I. l, Abbreviation. In old English law. Contraction in the writing in old records and law writings. Abbreviationnm ille nnmerus et sensus accipiendns est, nt concessio non sit inan

A shortened form of a word obtained by the omission of one or more letters or syllables from the middle or end of the word. The abbreviations in common use in modern times consist

Shortened conventional expressions, employed as substitutes for names, phrases, dates, and the like, for the saving of space, of time in transcribing, etc. Abbott,

In abbreviations, that number and sense should be taken which will not avoid the grant.

An abstract of ancient judicial records, prior to the Year Books. See Steph. PI. (7th Ed.) 410.

In ecclesiastical law. Officers whose duty it is to assist in drawing up the pope's briefs, and reducing petitions into proper form, to'be converted into papal bulls.

1. 1, Abbrochment. In old English law. The buying up at wholesale of goods before they are brought to market, in order to sell at retail; the forestalling of a market.

/., Abbrochment. The market; buying up at wholesale aU the goods,

In old English law. The forestalling of a market or fair.

The act of forestalling a market, by buying up at wholesale the merchandise intended to be sold there, for the purpose of selling it at retail. See Forestalling.

See Abuttals. ABDICATION. A simple renunciation of an office; generally understood of a supreme office. James II. of England, Charles V. of Germany, and Christina, Queen of Sweden,

I, Abdication. Renunciation or relinquishment of an ofi Bca

A renunciation; a putting away; a renunciation of the sovereignty by an incumbent thereof. James II. of England, Charles V. of Germany, and Christiana, Queen of Sweden, are said to

I. He lurks privily; he lies hid

1.1 A place to hide and preserve goods, etc.; an abditory.

An abditory or hiding place, to hide and preserve goi ds, p Jacob.

I. In old English law. To lead or carry away. Abduxit: he led away. v. Cepit et abduxit.

Lat. To lead away; to carry away. Abduxit; he led away. Applied in old writs to the taking of live animals, as distinguished from asportavit, (q. v.) F. N. B. 86 A. note. See Cepit

l. To carry away a human being. ried away.

The term "abducted child" means a child who is the victim of international child abduction.

The term "abduction" means the alleged wrongful removal of a child from the child's country of habitual residence, or the wrongful retention of a child outside such count

Behavior; as, a recognizance to be of good abearance signifies to be of good behavior. 4 Bl. Comm. 251, 256.

I. fr. Abatement, q. v.

Lat. An officer having charge of the correspondence (epistolœ) of his superior or sovereign; a secretary. Calvin. ; Spiegelius.

sax., Abere luurdrnio, 1. 1. Plain or apparent murder; wilful murder.

In old English law. An apparent, plain, or downright murder. It was used to distinguish a willful murder from chance-medley, or manslaughter. Spelman; Cowell; Blount. See "Homicide

Lat. In the civil law. To be absent; to be away from a place. Said of a person who was extra continentia urbis, (beyond the suburbs of the city.)

[t]o encourage or set another on to commit a crime"); Black's Law Dictionary 6 (1891) (to "abet" is "[t]o encourage, incite, or set another on to commit a crime.

[L. Lat. abettum, abettamentum; L. Fr. abette.] In old criminal law. An encouraging, or instigation. Staundf. Pl. Cor. 105. Cowell. Blount.

See "Abettor."

An instigator, or setter on; one that promotes, procures, or assists in, the commission of a crime; a principal in the second degree. The distinction between abettors and accessari

From without. See 14 Mass. 151.

^ In expectation, remembrance, and contemplation of law; in sus- \ pense.3 Subsisting in contemplation of law.* In abeyance: undetermined. Said of a fee or a freehold when there is

Suspension. See Bl. Comm. 107.

Lat. Abeyance. Spelman. See Abeyance, ABtATICUS, Awk Hcia. L. LM. In feudal law. A grandson; the son of a son. Spelman. Lib. Feudorum, cited ibid.

Lat. To cany away. dpit et abcariavit: he took and carried airaj. Dyer, 70 a.

or Aviaticus. L. Lat. In feudal law. <A grandson; the son of a son. Spelman; Lib. Feud., Baraterii, tit. 4, cited Id.

L. Lat. In feudal law. A grandson; the son of a son. Speiman; Lib. Feud., Baraterii, tit 8, cited Id.

To accept the consequences of; to rest satisfied with. To abide by an order, judgment, or decree of a court, is to conform to, to execute. Taylor v. Hughes, (Me.) 4 Greenl. 433; Ho

A stipulation that succeeding cases shall "abide the event" of a named case means that such ly successful in that case should be successful in all. 35 111. App. 660.

not merely present inhabitants, but present inhabitancy coupled with an intention of permanent residence.

In Scotch law. A judicial declaration that the party abides by the deed on which he founds, in an action where the deed or writing is attacked as forged. Unless this is done, a dec

in the English law. A defendant who pleads a frivolous plea, or a plea merely for the purpose of ‘delaying the suit; or who, for the same purpose, shall file a similar demurrer, ma

A definite conviction of guilt derived from a thorough cx- Lon Of the whole case. Hopt V. 120 U. S. 439, 7 Sup. Ct 614, 30 L. Ed. 708. ABIGEAT0RES. See Ahigeos.

pi., abigei, abigeatores, I. In the civil law. One who drives away cattle in herds or repeatedly with intent to steal; a cattlestealer.

Cattle thief.

Intheciviliaw, Cattle stealers; those who drove away cattle or other animals, with the intention of stealing them, A rarer form of abiget, (q. vy.) Calvin.

A particular kind of larceny, which is committed not by taking and carrying away the property from one place to another, but by driving a living thing away with an intention of fel

Cattle-stealers. See 4 Bl. Comm. 239.

See Auickus. ABIGEUS ( I. at. abigere). One who steals cattle in numbers. stance distinguishes the abigeus from the fur, who was simply a thief. He who steals a single animal may b

To drive out; to expel by force; to produce abortion. Dig. 47, 11, 4.

Cattle-stealer.

In divorce law. Power of husband to provide, as element of wife's right to alimony. It is sometimes called "faculty."

chancery practice. A bill in the nature of a bill of review, is one brought by a person not bound by a decree, praying that the same may be examined and reversed; as where a decrce

chancery practice. A bill in the nature of a bill of revivor, is one which is filed when the death of a party whose interest is not determined by his death, is attended with such a

From hardship, orinconvenience. Anargument founded upon the hardship of the cage, and theinconvenience or disastrous consequences to which a different course of reasoning would lea

From inconvenience.

Lat. From thence. Towns. PL 22, Applied to place only. Jd. ibid.

From the beginning. See 1 Bl. Comm. 440.

From the beginning of the world.

Intestate. 2 Lower Can. 219. AB INTESTATO (Lat. testatua, having made a will). From an intestate. Used both in the common and civil law to denote an inheritance derived from an anc

Against one’s will.

In anger.

or ABISHERSING. Quit of amercements. It originally signified a forfeiture or amercement, and is more properly mishering, mishersing, or miskering, according to Spelman. It has sinc