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n. decrease, reduction, lessening, subsiding; reduction in some a sum that is owed (Law); suppression, annulment (Law); reduction of taxation faced by a company or person (Finance) | ||||
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Abatement Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Abatement
(n.)
The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.
(n.)
The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.
(n.)
The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.
(n.)
The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.
| WordNet 2.0 |
abatement
Noun
1. an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
(synonym) suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus
(hypernym) interruption, break
(hyponym) defervescence
(derivation) abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away
2. the act of abating; "laws enforcing noise abatement"
(hypernym) moderation
(hyponym) abatement of a nuisance, nuisance abatement
Noun
1. an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
(synonym) suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus
(hypernym) interruption, break
(hyponym) defervescence
(derivation) abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away
2. the act of abating; "laws enforcing noise abatement"
(hypernym) moderation
(hyponym) abatement of a nuisance, nuisance abatement
| Shakespeare Words |
ABATEMENT
diminution
diminution
| hEnglish - advanced version |
abatement
abatement
\a*bate"ment\ (-ment), n. [of. abatement, f. abattement.]
1. 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.
2. the amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.
3. (her.) a mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.
4. (law) the entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.
similar words(2)
plea in abatement
defense in abatement
abatement
\a*bate"ment\ (-ment), n. [of. abatement, f. abattement.]
1. 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.
2. the amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.
3. (her.) a mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.
4. (law) the entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.
similar words(2)
plea in abatement
defense in abatement
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
abatement
lacáiste m.
lacáiste m.
Abatement Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
| The 'Lectric Law Library |
ABATEMENT
A proportional reduction of the shares of beneficiaries under a will if the estate assets are not sufficient to pay the shares in full.
When property bequeathed in a will cannot be given to the beneficiary because it was sold to pay off the deceased debts. Debts are paid before gifts made in wills are distributed and where a specific gift is sold to pay off a debt, it is said to 'abate'.
When the estate is short of paying the debts and legacies, and there are general legacies and specific legacies, the rule is that the general legatees must abate proportionally in order to pay the debts; a specific legacy is not abated unless the general legacies cannot pay all the debts; in that case what remains to be paid must be paid by the specific legatees, who must, where there are several, abate their legacies, proportionally. Was also known as 'Abatement Of Legacies'.
Chancery Practice. A suspension of all proceedings in a suit, from the want of proper parties capable of proceeding therein. It differs from an abatement at law in this, that in the latter the action is in general entirely dead, and cannot be revived, but in the former, the right to proceed is merely suspended, and may be revived by a bill of revivor.
Contracts. A reduction made by the creditor, for the prompt payment of a debt due by the payor or debtor.
Merc. Law. By this term is understood the deduction sometimes made at the custom-house from the duties chargeable upon goods when they are damaged.
Pleading. The overthrow of an action in consequence of some error committed in bringing or conducting it when the plaintiff is not forever barred from bringing another action. Abatement is by plea. There can be no demurrer in abatement.
Pleas in abatement will be considered as relating, 1, to the jurisdiction of the court; 2, to the person of the plaintiff; 3, to that of the defendant; 4, to the writ; 5, to the qualities. of such pleas ; 6, to the form of such pleas; 7, to the affidavit of the truth of pleas in abatement.
There is only one case in which the jurisdiction of the court may be inquired of under the general issue, and that is where no court of the country has jurisdiction of the cause, for in that case no action can be maintained by the law of the land.
Relating To The Person Of The Plaintiff. 1. The defendant may plead to the person of the plaintiff that there never was any such person in rerum natura. And if one of several plaintiffs be a fictitious person, it abates the writ. But a nominal plaintiff in ejectment may sustain an action.
The Defendant may plead that the plaintiff is a feme covert; or that she is his own wife. Coverture occurring after suit brought is a plea in abatement which cannot be pleaded after a plea in bar, unless the matter arose after the plea in bar; but in that case the defendant must not suffer a continuance to intervene between the happening of this new matter, or its coming to his knowledge, and pleading it.
That the plaintiff (unless he sue with others as executor) is an infant and has declared by attorney.
A suit brought by a lunatic under guardianship, shall abate.
Death of plaintiff before the purchase of the original writ may be pleaded in abatement. Death of plaintiff pending the writ might have been pleaded since the last continuance. But in some states, as in Pennsylvania, the, death of the plaintiff does not abate the writ; in such case the executor or administrator is substituted. The rule of the common law is, that whenever the death of any party happens, pending the writ, and yet the plea is in the same condition, as if such party were living, then such death makes no alteration; and on this rule all the diversities turn.
Alienage, or that the plaintiff is an alien enemy.
Misnomer of plaintiff may also be pleaded in abatement.
If one of several joint tenants, sue in action ex contractu; one of several joint contractors; one of several partners; one of. several joint executors who have proved the will, or even if they have not proved the will; one of several joint administrators; the defendant may plead the non-joinder in abatement.
If persons join as plaintiffs in an action who should not, the defendant may plead the misjoinder in abatement.
When the plaintiff is an alleged corporation, and it is intended to contest its existence, the defendant must plead in abatement. To a suit brought in the name of the 'judges of the county court,' after such court has been abolished, the defendant may plead in abatement that there are no such judges.
Relating To The Person Of The Defendant. 1. In an action against two or more, one may plead in abatement that there never was such a person in rerum natura as A, who is named as defendant with him.
If the defendant be a married woman, she may in general plead her coverture in abatement. The exceptions to this rule arise when the coverture is suspended.
The death of the defendant abates the writ at common law, and in some cases it does still abate the action. In general where the cause of action dies with the person, the suit abates by the death of the defendant before judgment.
The misnomer of the defendant may be pleaded in abatement, but one defendant cannot plead the misnomer of another.
When one joint tenant or one tenant in common, in cases where they ought to be joined, is sued alone-he may plead in abatement. And in actions upon contracts if the plaintiff do not sue all the contractors, the defendant may plead the non-joinder in abatement. When husband and wife should be sued jointly, and one is sued alone, the non-joinder may be pleaded in abatement. The non-joinder of all the executors, who have proved the will; and the non-joinder of all the administrators of the deceased, may be pleaded in abatement.
In a real action if brought against several persons, they may plead several tenancy, that is, that they hold in severalty and not jointly; or one of them may take the entire tenancy on himself, and pray judgment of the writ. But misjoinder of defendant in a personal action is not the subject of a plea in abatement in cases where the defendant may plead non-tenure.
Where he may plead a disclaimer a defendant may plead his privilege of not being sued, in abatement.
Plea In, Abatement Of The Writ. 1. Pleas in abatement of the writ or a bill are so termed rather from their effect, than from their being strictly such pleas, for as oyer of the writ can no longer be craved, no objection can be taken to matter which is merely contained in the writ, but if a mistake in the writ be carried into the declaration, or rather if the declaration, which is resumed to correspond with the writ or till, be incorrect in respect of some extrinsic matter, it is then open to the defendant to plead in abatement to the writ or bill, and there is no plea to the declaration alone but in bar.
Those of the first description were formerly either matter apparent on the face of the Writ or matters dehors.
Formerly very trifling errors were pleadable in abatement. But as oyer of the writ can no longer be had, an omission in the defendant's declaration of the defendant's addition, which is not necessary to be stated in a declaration, can in no case be pleaded in abatement.
Pleas in abatement to the form of the writ, are therefore now principally for matters dehors, existing at the time of suing out the writ, or arising afterwards, such as misnomer of the plaintiff or defendant in Christian or surname.
Pleas in abatement to the action of the writ, and that the action is misconceived, as that it is in case where it ought to have, been in trespass; or that it was prematurely brought, but as these matters are grounds of demurrer or nonsuit, it is now very unusual to plead them in abatement. It may also be pleaded that there is another action pending.
QUALITIES OF PLEAS IN ABATEMENT. 1. A writ is divisible, and may be abated in part, and remain good for the residue; and the defendant may plead in abatement to part, and demur or plead in bar to the residue of the declaration. The general rule is, that whatever proves the writ false at the time of suing it out, shall abate the writ entirely.
As these pleas delay the trial of the merits of the action, the greatest accuracy and precision are required in framing them; they should be certain to every intent, and be pleaded without any repugnancy and must in general give the plaintiff a better writ. This is the true criterion to distinguish a plea in abatement from a plea in bar. Great accuracy is also necessary in the form of the plea as to the commencement and conclusion, which is said to make the plea.
Form Of Pleas In Abatement
Of The Affidavit Of Truth. 1. All pleas in abatement must be sworn to be true. The affidavit may be made by the defendant or a third person and must be positive as to the truth of every fact contained in the plea, and should leave nothing to be collected by inference; it should be stated that the plea is true in substance and fact, and not merely that the plea is a true plea.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
A proportional reduction of the shares of beneficiaries under a will if the estate assets are not sufficient to pay the shares in full.
When property bequeathed in a will cannot be given to the beneficiary because it was sold to pay off the deceased debts. Debts are paid before gifts made in wills are distributed and where a specific gift is sold to pay off a debt, it is said to 'abate'.
When the estate is short of paying the debts and legacies, and there are general legacies and specific legacies, the rule is that the general legatees must abate proportionally in order to pay the debts; a specific legacy is not abated unless the general legacies cannot pay all the debts; in that case what remains to be paid must be paid by the specific legatees, who must, where there are several, abate their legacies, proportionally. Was also known as 'Abatement Of Legacies'.
Chancery Practice. A suspension of all proceedings in a suit, from the want of proper parties capable of proceeding therein. It differs from an abatement at law in this, that in the latter the action is in general entirely dead, and cannot be revived, but in the former, the right to proceed is merely suspended, and may be revived by a bill of revivor.
Contracts. A reduction made by the creditor, for the prompt payment of a debt due by the payor or debtor.
Merc. Law. By this term is understood the deduction sometimes made at the custom-house from the duties chargeable upon goods when they are damaged.
Pleading. The overthrow of an action in consequence of some error committed in bringing or conducting it when the plaintiff is not forever barred from bringing another action. Abatement is by plea. There can be no demurrer in abatement.
Pleas in abatement will be considered as relating, 1, to the jurisdiction of the court; 2, to the person of the plaintiff; 3, to that of the defendant; 4, to the writ; 5, to the qualities. of such pleas ; 6, to the form of such pleas; 7, to the affidavit of the truth of pleas in abatement.
There is only one case in which the jurisdiction of the court may be inquired of under the general issue, and that is where no court of the country has jurisdiction of the cause, for in that case no action can be maintained by the law of the land.
Relating To The Person Of The Plaintiff. 1. The defendant may plead to the person of the plaintiff that there never was any such person in rerum natura. And if one of several plaintiffs be a fictitious person, it abates the writ. But a nominal plaintiff in ejectment may sustain an action.
The Defendant may plead that the plaintiff is a feme covert; or that she is his own wife. Coverture occurring after suit brought is a plea in abatement which cannot be pleaded after a plea in bar, unless the matter arose after the plea in bar; but in that case the defendant must not suffer a continuance to intervene between the happening of this new matter, or its coming to his knowledge, and pleading it.
That the plaintiff (unless he sue with others as executor) is an infant and has declared by attorney.
A suit brought by a lunatic under guardianship, shall abate.
Death of plaintiff before the purchase of the original writ may be pleaded in abatement. Death of plaintiff pending the writ might have been pleaded since the last continuance. But in some states, as in Pennsylvania, the, death of the plaintiff does not abate the writ; in such case the executor or administrator is substituted. The rule of the common law is, that whenever the death of any party happens, pending the writ, and yet the plea is in the same condition, as if such party were living, then such death makes no alteration; and on this rule all the diversities turn.
Alienage, or that the plaintiff is an alien enemy.
Misnomer of plaintiff may also be pleaded in abatement.
If one of several joint tenants, sue in action ex contractu; one of several joint contractors; one of several partners; one of. several joint executors who have proved the will, or even if they have not proved the will; one of several joint administrators; the defendant may plead the non-joinder in abatement.
If persons join as plaintiffs in an action who should not, the defendant may plead the misjoinder in abatement.
When the plaintiff is an alleged corporation, and it is intended to contest its existence, the defendant must plead in abatement. To a suit brought in the name of the 'judges of the county court,' after such court has been abolished, the defendant may plead in abatement that there are no such judges.
Relating To The Person Of The Defendant. 1. In an action against two or more, one may plead in abatement that there never was such a person in rerum natura as A, who is named as defendant with him.
If the defendant be a married woman, she may in general plead her coverture in abatement. The exceptions to this rule arise when the coverture is suspended.
The death of the defendant abates the writ at common law, and in some cases it does still abate the action. In general where the cause of action dies with the person, the suit abates by the death of the defendant before judgment.
The misnomer of the defendant may be pleaded in abatement, but one defendant cannot plead the misnomer of another.
When one joint tenant or one tenant in common, in cases where they ought to be joined, is sued alone-he may plead in abatement. And in actions upon contracts if the plaintiff do not sue all the contractors, the defendant may plead the non-joinder in abatement. When husband and wife should be sued jointly, and one is sued alone, the non-joinder may be pleaded in abatement. The non-joinder of all the executors, who have proved the will; and the non-joinder of all the administrators of the deceased, may be pleaded in abatement.
In a real action if brought against several persons, they may plead several tenancy, that is, that they hold in severalty and not jointly; or one of them may take the entire tenancy on himself, and pray judgment of the writ. But misjoinder of defendant in a personal action is not the subject of a plea in abatement in cases where the defendant may plead non-tenure.
Where he may plead a disclaimer a defendant may plead his privilege of not being sued, in abatement.
Plea In, Abatement Of The Writ. 1. Pleas in abatement of the writ or a bill are so termed rather from their effect, than from their being strictly such pleas, for as oyer of the writ can no longer be craved, no objection can be taken to matter which is merely contained in the writ, but if a mistake in the writ be carried into the declaration, or rather if the declaration, which is resumed to correspond with the writ or till, be incorrect in respect of some extrinsic matter, it is then open to the defendant to plead in abatement to the writ or bill, and there is no plea to the declaration alone but in bar.
Those of the first description were formerly either matter apparent on the face of the Writ or matters dehors.
Formerly very trifling errors were pleadable in abatement. But as oyer of the writ can no longer be had, an omission in the defendant's declaration of the defendant's addition, which is not necessary to be stated in a declaration, can in no case be pleaded in abatement.
Pleas in abatement to the form of the writ, are therefore now principally for matters dehors, existing at the time of suing out the writ, or arising afterwards, such as misnomer of the plaintiff or defendant in Christian or surname.
Pleas in abatement to the action of the writ, and that the action is misconceived, as that it is in case where it ought to have, been in trespass; or that it was prematurely brought, but as these matters are grounds of demurrer or nonsuit, it is now very unusual to plead them in abatement. It may also be pleaded that there is another action pending.
QUALITIES OF PLEAS IN ABATEMENT. 1. A writ is divisible, and may be abated in part, and remain good for the residue; and the defendant may plead in abatement to part, and demur or plead in bar to the residue of the declaration. The general rule is, that whatever proves the writ false at the time of suing it out, shall abate the writ entirely.
As these pleas delay the trial of the merits of the action, the greatest accuracy and precision are required in framing them; they should be certain to every intent, and be pleaded without any repugnancy and must in general give the plaintiff a better writ. This is the true criterion to distinguish a plea in abatement from a plea in bar. Great accuracy is also necessary in the form of the plea as to the commencement and conclusion, which is said to make the plea.
Form Of Pleas In Abatement
Of The Affidavit Of Truth. 1. All pleas in abatement must be sworn to be true. The affidavit may be made by the defendant or a third person and must be positive as to the truth of every fact contained in the plea, and should leave nothing to be collected by inference; it should be stated that the plea is true in substance and fact, and not merely that the plea is a true plea.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
| Duhaime.org Legal Dictionary |
Abatement
A reduction in some amount that is owed, usually granted by the person to whom the debt is owed. - (read more on Abatement)
A reduction in some amount that is owed, usually granted by the person to whom the debt is owed. - (read more on Abatement)
Abatement Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
| EPA Terms of Environment |
Abatement
Reducing the degree or intensity of, or eliminating, pollution.
Reducing the degree or intensity of, or eliminating, pollution.
| Environmental Engineering (English ver.) |
Abatement
The reduction or elimination of pollution.
The reduction or elimination of pollution.
Abatement Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Hepatitis Central (TM) Liver Disease Medical Glossary |
Abatement
A decrease in the severity of a pain or a symptom
A decrease in the severity of a pain or a symptom
| Environmental Economics Glossary |
Abatement
Reduction in Emissions.
Reduction in Emissions.
Abatement Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
| maritime&shipping&trade |
Abatement
A discount allowed for damage or overcharge in the payment of a bill.
A discount allowed for damage or overcharge in the payment of a bill.
Abatement Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Abatement
Abatement may refer to:
- Abatement of debts and legacies, a common law doctrine of wills that holds that when the equitable assets of a deceased person are not sufficient to satisfy fully all the creditors, their debts must abate proportionately, and they must accept a dividend.
- Abatement in pleading, a legal defence to civil and criminal actions based purely on procedural and technical issues involving the death of parties and changes in their status
- Abatement (heraldry), a modification of the shield or coat of arms that supposedly can be imposed by authority (in England supposedly by the Court of Chivalry) for misconduct.
- Bird abatement, driving or removing undesired birds from an area.
- Dust abatement, the process of inhibiting the creation of excess soil dust, a pollutant that contributes to excess levels of particulate matter.
- The process of putting an end to, or reducing, the amount of harmful substances such as Asbestos.
- Tax Abatement (aka Tax holiday) is used in the field of economic development to encourage businesses to relocate, expand, and more currently to retain facilities in a community by means of lowering the local property taxes due to a local taxing authority. This in effect reduces the cost of operations over- typically- a 10-20 year horizon.
- Rent abatement is the process by which a court determines if the amount of rent that you pay should be lowered because there were conditions which made your apartment uninhabitable (unlivable).
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