English Dictionary

abate

IPA（発音記号）

/əˈbeɪt/

動詞

歴史的 自動詞 他動詞

(transitive, intransitive, law, chiefly historical) To enter upon and unlawfully seize (land) after the owner has died, thus preventing an heir from taking possession of it.

日本語の意味

（法律用語、歴史的な用法）所有者の死後、その相続人が正当に土地を相続するのを妨げるため、不法にその土地に侵入し占有する行為

When the landowner died without notice, a distant cousin tried to abate the estate before the heir could claim it.

地主が何の通知もなく亡くなると、遠い親族が相続人が請求する前にその土地や屋敷を不法に占有しようとした。

意味（1）

(transitive, intransitive, law, chiefly historical) To enter upon and unlawfully seize (land) after the owner has died, thus preventing an heir from taking possession of it.

So, if Lands be given to Father and Son, and to the heirs of their two bodies begotten, the remainder over in fee, and afterwards the Father dieth without any Iſſue but the Son, and afterwards the Son dieth without Iſſue, and a Stranger abateth, he in the remainder ſhall have one Formedon in the remainder, although the Eſtate tails were ſeveral, […]

abates （ present singular third-person ）

abating （ participle present ）

abated （ participle past ）

abated （ past ）