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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 6 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ABANDONMENT (Fr. abandonnement, from abandonner, to abandon, relinquish; abandonner was originally See also:equivalent to mettred banddn, to leave to the See also:jurisdiction, i.e. of another, See also:bandon being from See also:Low Latin bandum, bannum, See also:order, See also:decree, " See also:ban ")  , in See also:law, the relinquishment of an See also:interest, claim, See also:privilege or See also:possession . Its signification varies according to the See also:branch of the law in which it is employed, but the more important uses of the word are summarized below .

End of Article: ABANDONMENT (Fr. abandonnement, from abandonner, to abandon, relinquish; abandonner was originally equivalent to mettred banddn, to leave to the jurisdiction, i.e. of another, bandon being from Low Latin bandum, bannum, order, decree, " ban ")
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