Abatement
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Abatement may refer to:
- Abatement of debts and legaciesAbatement of debts and legaciesAbatement of debts and legacies is a common law doctrine of wills that holds that when the equitable assets of a deceased person are not sufficient to satisfy fully all the creditors, their debts must abate proportionately, and they must accept a dividend....
, a common law doctrine of wills - Abatement in pleadingAbatement in pleadingHistorically, Abatement in pleading, or plea in abatement was, in English law, a plea by the defendant, defeating or quashing a legal action by some matter of fact, such as a defect in form or the personal incompetency of the parties suing....
, a legal defense to civil and criminal actions based purely on procedural and technical issues involving the death of parties - Abatement (heraldry)Abatement (heraldry)An abatement, in heraldry, is a modification of the shield or coat of arms used to denote marks or devices that are less-than honorable Augmentation. It is thought that they can be imposed by authority for misconduct...
, a modification of the shield or coat of arms that supposedly can be imposed by authority (in England supposedly by the Court of Chivalry) for misconduct - Bird abatementBird abatementThe risks that birds create in certain circumstances have brought the need for bird abatement. Amongst those risks are loss of investments in farming and aviculture, aircraft crashes, and bacteriological and viral contamination...
, driving or removing undesired birds from an area - Dust abatementDust abatementDust abatement refers to the process of inhibiting the creation of excess soil dust, a pollutant that contributes to excess levels of particulate matter....
, the process of inhibiting the creation of excess soil dust, a pollutant that contributes to excess levels of particulate matter - Tax abatement (or tax holiday) is used in the field of economic development to encourage businesses to relocate, expand, and more currently to retain facilities in a community