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Anything diminished. Mon eta abatuda is money clipped or diminished in value. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition obsolete. … [Read more...] about ABATUDA

Behavior; as a recognizance to be of good abearance signifies to be of good behavior. 4 Bl. Comm. 251, 256. … [Read more...] about ABEARANCE

Latin: In the civil law. A great great grandmother. Inst. 3, 6, 4; Dig. 38, 10, 1, 6; Bract fol. 686. … [Read more...] about ABA VIA

The desertion or removal of a parent or guardian from being involved in a child's life, usually with the intent of desertion and without the provision of any further financial or emotional support. … [Read more...] about ABANDONMENT OF A CHILD

Latin: In the civil law. A great great grandmother's brother, (abavice frater.) Inst. 3, 6, 6; Dig. 38, 10, 3. Called avunculus maximus. Id. 38,10, 10, 17. Called by Bracton and Fleta abavunculus magnus. Bract, fol. 686; Fleta, lib. 6, c. 2, … [Read more...] about ABAVUNCULUS