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Abatement of action
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Abatement of actionA suit which has been quashed and ended.
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Suit
An action. The word suit in the 25th section of the judiciary act of 1789, applies to any proceeding in a court of justice, in which the plaintiff pursues, in such court, the remedy which the law affords him. An application for a prohibition is therefore a suit.
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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
Quashing or setting it aside on account of some fatal defect in it.
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.
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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
Quashing or setting it aside on account of some fatal defect in it.
Abatement of action
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.
Abavus
Civil law. Is the great grandfather, or fourth male ascendant.
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Suit
An action. The word suit in the 25th section of the judiciary act of 1789, applies to any proceeding in a court of justice, in which the plaintiff pursues, in such court, the remedy which the law affords him. An application for a prohibition is therefore a suit.
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 a writ
Quashing or setting it aside on account of some fatal defect in it.
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.
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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
Quashing or setting it aside on account of some fatal defect in it.
Abatement of action
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.
Abavus
Civil law. Is the great grandfather, or fourth male ascendant.
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