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Legal Dictionary Abatuda. Anything diminished.

A.A.C. (Abb.) Anno ante Christum (year before Christ). Abbettator. One who abets.

A Aver et Tener. To have and to hold. Abbey. Monastery or convent.

Ab., Abr. (Abb.). Abridgment. Abbot. Spiritual superior of a monastery.

A.B.A. (Abb.). American Bar Association. Abbreviate. An abstract.

A.C. (Abb.). Anno Christi (year of Christ). Abbreviate of Adjudication. An abstract of judgment.

A/C. Account. Abbrochment. Forestalling the market by buying up commodities wholesale


for selling at retail.
Abactor. One who steal cattles in large numbers.
Abdication. Voluntary surrender of rights to the throne by reigning
Ab Agendo. Unable to act. monarch.
Abandon. To relinquish rights to an object; to dessert, forsake or surrender. Abdicatio Tutalae. Resignation of a guardian.
Abandum. That which is proscribe or abandoned.
Abditorium. Hiding place for valuables.
Ab Ante, Ab Antecedented. In advance. Abduction. Taking away of wife, child or ward by fraud, persuasion or
Ab antique. From antiquity. violence.

Abarnare. Exposure to a secret crime. Abearance. Behavior.

Abatare. To abate, put an end to, reduce. Aberemurder. Intentional murder.

Abate. Quash, beat down, destroy; to nullify, lessen or diminish. Abet. To aid or assist.

Abatement. Reduction, decrease or diminution. Abettare. To aid or to abet.

Abatement of Taxes. Reduction of a tax either before or after payment. Abettor. One who instigate a crime; one who incites another to commit a
crime, thus becoming a principal.
Abatement, Plea in. Dilatory plea in procedural Law asking for abatement of
the actions for reasons not connected with the controversy. Ab Extra. From without.

Abator. One who occupies property without right of title, before the heir. Abeyance. In expectation, remembrance and contemplation of Law.

Ab Auctoritate. From authority. Abiactus, Aviactus. Grandson.

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