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Nuisance remover, in law
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abator
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Etymology 1 n. (context legal English) A person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee. (Mid 16 th century.) (R:SOED5: page=2) Etymology 2 n. (context legal English) One who abates, ends, ...
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Abator \A*ba"tor\ ([.a]*b[=a]t"[~e]r), n. (Law) One who abates a nuisance. A person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] ||