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abatement definition - legal

n

  1. The act of abating.
  2. The process of, or the state of, being abated.
  3. The amount abated.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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