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Abatement of a writ
Abatement of a writQuashing or setting it aside on account of some fatal defect in it. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Account Practice. 1) A statement of the receipts and payments of an executor, administrator, or other trustee, of the estate confided to him. 2) An account is also the statement of two merchants or others who have dealt together, showing the debits and credits between them. Defect The want of something required by law. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Abate To quash, beat down, destroy. That of abating a writ or action - its overthrow or defeat by some fatal exception to it. Abatement 1) Chancery practice. Is a suspension of all proceedings in a suit, from the want of proper parties capable of proceeding therein. 2) Merchant law. By this term is understood the deduction sometimes made at the custom-house from the duties chargeable upon goods when they are damaged. Abatement of a freehold The entry of a stranger after the death of the ancestor, and before the heir or devisee takes possession, by which the rightful possession of the heir or devisee is defeated. Abatement of action A suit which has been quashed and ended. Abatement of legacies Is the reduction of legacies for the purpose of paying the testator's debts. Abator 1) He who abates or prostrates a nuisance; 2) He who having no right of entry, gets possession of the freehold to the prejudiae of an heir or devisee, after the time when the ancestor died, and before the heir or devisee enters. Abatuda Obsolete. Any thing diminished; as, moneta abatuda, which is moneyclipped or diminished in value. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Ab irato Civil law. A Latin phrase, which signifies by a man in anger. It is applied to bequests or gifts, which a man makes adverse to the interest of his heir, in consequence of anger or hatred against him. Thus a devise made under these circumstances is called a testament ab irato. And the suit which the heirs institute to annul this will is called an action ab irato. Abandonment 1) In maritime contracts in the civil law, principals are generally held indefinitely responsible for the obligations which their agents have contracted relative to the concern of their commission but with regard to ship owners there is remarkable peculiarity; they are bound by the contract of the master only to the amount of their interest in the ship, and can be discharged from their responsibility by abandoning the ship and freight. 2) Contracts. In the French law, the act by which a debtor surrenders his property for the benefit of his creditors. 3) Malicious. The act of a hushand or wife, who leaves his or her consort wilfully, and with an intention of causing perpetual separation. Abate To quash, beat down, destroy. That of abating a writ or action - its overthrow or defeat by some fatal exception to it. Abatement 1) Chancery practice. Is a suspension of all proceedings in a suit, from the want of proper parties capable of proceeding therein. 2) Merchant law. By this term is understood the deduction sometimes made at the custom-house from the duties chargeable upon goods when they are damaged. Abatement of a freehold The entry of a stranger after the death of the ancestor, and before the heir or devisee takes possession, by which the rightful possession of the heir or devisee is defeated. Abatement of a writ Abatement of action A suit which has been quashed and ended. Abatement of legacies Is the reduction of legacies for the purpose of paying the testator's debts. Abator 1) He who abates or prostrates a nuisance; 2) He who having no right of entry, gets possession of the freehold to the prejudiae of an heir or devisee, after the time when the ancestor died, and before the heir or devisee enters. Abatuda Obsolete. Any thing diminished; as, moneta abatuda, which is moneyclipped or diminished in value. Abavia Civil law. Is the great grandmother, or fourth female ascendant. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Abatement of a writ. If you have a better definition for Abatement of a writ than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Abatement of a writ may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Abatement of a writ and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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