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▪ I. abator1|əˈbeɪtə(r), -ˌtɔː(r)|
[late Anglo-Fr. abator -tour, n. of agent f. abatre; see abate v.1 and -or. Used for abater in legal senses.]
1. One who abates or overthrows a nuisance, etc.
2. = abater.
1592S. Daniel Compl. of Rosam. (1717) 41 Impiety of Times, Chastity's Abator. 1606Sir Gyles Goosecappe sig. H, That painting is pure chastities abator.
▪ II. abator2 Law|əˈbeɪtə(r), -ˌtɔː(r)|
[a. late Anglo-Fr. abator, -tour agent n. f. abatre = enbatre: see abate2 and -or.]
One who abates, or without right seizes upon the possession of a freehold between the death of its owner and the entry of the heir or devisee.
1531Dial. on Laws of Eng. ii. xii. 81 (1638) The abators were bounden in conscience to restore to the executors..the profits. 1629Coke First Pt. of Inst. 194 Where there bee two joynt Abators or Intruders which come in merely by wrong. 1768Blackstone Comm. III. 168 This entry of him is called an abatement, and he himself is denominated an abator. 1832Edin. Rev. LV. 324 The abator, or wrongful occupier..had entered upon the lands. |