2. Verb. (third-person singular of abate) ¹
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Definition of Abates
1. abate [v] - See also: abate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abates
Literary usage of Abates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Digest of the Laws of England by Anthony Hammond, John Comyns (1824)
"IF/ien it abates the writ. p. 138. 2. Wlien it does not abate the writ. p. 138.
(H 56.) For matters ex post facto,—estate determined pending the writ, 2. ..."
2. The Diary of the Rev. Ralph Josselin, 1616-1683 by Ralph Josselin, Ernest Hockliffe (1908)
"This month plague abates, 56, total 227, a low bill : Colchester holds ill still,
increasing to ... Plague through mercy abates at London, 42 pl. total 237, ..."
3. An Analytical Digested Index to the Common Law Reports: From the Time of by Thomas Coventry, Samuel Hughes (1832)
"And a bill of Middlesex taken out by four abates by death of oncf and a new ...
When the death of a defendant abates it. 1. Where an action founded on [ *4 ..."
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