Abator

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Abator \A*ba"tor\ ([.a]*b[=a]t"[~e]r), n. (Law)
     (a) One who abates a nuisance.
     (b) A person who, without right, enters into a freehold on
         the death of the last possessor, before the heir or
         devisee. --Blackstone.
         [1913 Webster]



From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

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