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Abatement Of Freehold

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Awrongful entry by a stranger on lands of a decedent before the heir or devisee has taken possession.

3 Bl. Comm. 167.

See, also, "Amotion;' "Intrusion;" "Disseisin."