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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
practice, is to make shorter in words, so as to retain the sense or substance. In law it signifies particularly the making a declaration or count shorter, by taking or severing away some of the substance from it. Brook, tit. Abridgment; Com. Dig. Abridgment; 1 Vin. Ab. 109.