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Definition of Abatements
1. abatement [n] - See also: abatement
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abatements
Literary usage of Abatements
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Municipal Accounting by De Witt Carl Eggleston (1914)
"Any abatements made in the original charges are shown on the bills. ... Register of
abatements (Form 63) The abatement of certain departmental charges is ..."
2. The Bench and the Bar of Illinois: Historical and Reminiscent by John McAuley Palmer (1899)
"REFORMS IN abatements, AMENDMENTS AND PRACTICE AT LAW— IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.
... Section 3, chapter i, in relation to abatements, provides that "No action ..."
3. Constitutional Law of England by Edward Wavell Ridges (1905)
"abatements.—The limit of income for which abatements have been allowed has varied
from time to time, but is now fixed by the Finance Act, 1898, (z) at £700, ..."
4. A Synopsis of the Commercial and Revenue System of the United States: As by Robert Mayo (1847)
"... Damage—for the collection of Duties, and abatements thereof for cash
payments (under acts before that of 1842)—and for making Returns of Accounts, ..."
5. Biennial report by Minnesota Tax Commission, Washington (State). Board of State Land Commissioners, Washington (State), Board of State Land Commissioners (1912)
"CHAPTER II abatements ... abatements ..."
6. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept (1886)
"[ENDORSED CONSTABLE HOLLANDS' 2D LIST OF abatements INCLUDING THE FIRST LIST.
... Minott Jn° Farnum Poor & abatements poor abated ditto poor poor Lb. sh. ..."
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