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abolition definition - legal

n

  1. The act of abolishing.
  2. The legal abolition and prohibition of slavery.
  3. The abolition of slavery in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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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