ABATEMENT
\ɐbˈe͡ɪtmənt], \ɐbˈeɪtmənt], \ɐ_b_ˈeɪ_t_m_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of ABATEMENT
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.
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The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.
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A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.
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The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.
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The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.
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The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.
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A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.
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The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.
By Noah Webster.
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A reduction. After a death, abatement occurs if the deceased person didn't leave enough property to fulfill all the bequests made in the will and meet other expenses. Gifts left in the will are cut back in order to pay taxes, satisfy debts or take care of other gifts that are given priority under law or by the will itself.
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By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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The act of abating; sum deducted from an account. A mark of dishonour in a coat of arms. Overthrow or defeat, as of a writ.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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n. Act of abating, or state of being abated; decrease; specifically, a remitting, as of a tax; failure, as of a writ; removal , as of a nuisance; entry of a stranger into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.
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