Glossary : abator
Definition 1
is, 1st, he who abates or prostrates a nuisance, 2,
he who having
no right of entry, gets possession of the freehold to the
prejudiae of an
heir or devisee, after the time when the ancestor died, and
before the heir
or devisee enters. See article Abatement. Litt.897, Perk.
383, 1 Inst. 271, 2 Prest. Abst. 296. 300. As to the consequences of
an
abator dying in possession, See Adams" Eject. 43.
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