See also:

• ABATEMENT (derived through the French abattre, from the Late Latin battere, to beat)

ABATEMENT IN LITIGATION  . In See also:

• CIVIL

civil proceedings, no See also:

• ACTION

action abates by See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason of the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage, See also:

• DEATH

death or See also:

• BANKRUPTCY (from Lat. bancus or Fr. banquet table or counter, and Lat. ruptus, broken)

bankruptcy of any of the parties, if the cause of action survives or continues, and does not become defective by the See also:

• ASSIGNMENT, ASSIGNATION, ASSIGNEE

assignment, creation or See also:

• DEVOLUTION, WAR OF (1667-68)

devolution of any See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate or See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title pendente lice (R.S.C . See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

Order 17, r. r) . Criminal proceedings do not abate on the death of the prosecutor, being in theory instituted by the. See also:

• CROWN

crown, but the crown itself may bring about their termination without any decision on the merits and without the assent of the prosecutor .