Word Finder - abatement

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The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression of.

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The abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.

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The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed; in particular from a tax.

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A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon; any figure added to the coat of arms tending to lower the dignity or station of the bearer.

His obesity did not cause any abatement of activity when next he took the field.

The notice must require the abatement of the nuisance within a specified time, and must prescribe the works which in the opinion of the council are necessary to be done.

If at least half of the harvest in any year is destroyed by accident, the lessee (a) in the case of a lease for several years, obtains, at the end of his lease, a refund of rent, by way of indemnity, unless he has been indemnified by preceding harvests; (b) in the case of a lease for a year only, may secure a proportional abatement of the current rent.

The proceedings against him were revived, a committee of privileges deciding on the 19th of March 1679 that the dissolution of parliament was no abatement of an impeachment.

The remission or abatement lasts generally throughout the morning; and about noon there is an exacerbation, seldom ushered in by chills, which continues till the early morning following, when it remits or abates as before.

It was intended as a temporary tax for war purposes only, and was repealed in 1802, but was reimposed when the war recommenced in 1803, with the limit of abatement reduced to £150.

The question of the amount of individual incomes only comes before the authorities when claims for exemption and abatement are made.

The time was close at hand when a Danish magnate was to demonstrate that he preferred the utter ruin of his country to any abatement of his own personal dignity.

In the event of such discovery by them or of information given to them of the existence of any such nuisance, the district council are required to serve a notice requiring the abatement of the nuisance on the person by whose act, default or sufferance it arises or continues, or if such person cannot be found, on the owner or occupier of the premises at which the nuisance arises.

With regard to any offensive trade which has been established or may be consented to in any urban district, if it is verified by the medical officer or any two legally qualified medical practitioners, or by any ten inhabitants of the district, to be a nuisance or injurious to health, the urban district council are required to take proceedings before magistrates with a view to the abatement of the nuisance complained of.

A certain abatement or remission of the fever takes place, with or without sweating, but there is no true intermission or interval of absolute apyrexia.

The court will then make an order requiring the abatement of the nuisance or prohibiting its recurrence.

Check with your city for permits, business licenses and noise abatement regulations.

The public have a right to pass along a highway freely, safely and conveniently, and any wrongful act or omission which prevents them doing so is a nuisance, for the prevention and abatement of which the highways and other acts contain provisions.

The death-rate from tuberculosis, however, is high, and apparently shows no abatement.

However if you have moisture in the concrete slab, or sub floor, you will need a moisture abatement plan.

Position reviews zoning approvals and performs inspections for property maintenance, zoning compliance and nuisance abatement.

Maybe the drivers could be served with a noise abatement notice?

Statements of policy concerning abatement of retirement pension in new employment 42.

The Council [SCDC] may also take proceedings in the High Court for securing the abatement, prohibition or restriction of the nuisance.

Furthermore, the submission does not include any details of odor abatement and hence is also contrary to the above policy.

Britain will become a leader in clean coal and carbon abatement policies.

We are looking particularly at the marsh area, the need for flood abatement set against a healthy reedbed with its attendant wildlife.

In which case the relevant local authority could not serve an abatement notice on the owner of the relevant premises.

After James's accession Danby was discharged from his bail by the Lords on the 19th of May 1685, and the order declaring a dissolution of parliament to be no abatement of an impeachment was reversed.

Thus a common nuisance cannot be pardoned while it remains unredressed, or so as to prevent an abatement of it.

Getting married just a month after telling Matt Lauer during a Today show interview that she and Pete had not yet set a wedding date and were just "enjoying the engagement" certainly doesn't help toward the abatement of the baby rumors.

Gibbon has criticized it with the utmost frankness, not to say severity; but, after every abatement, it is unquestionably a surprising effort for a mind so young, and contains many thoughts which would not have disgraced a thinker or a scholar of much maturer age.