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Abandonment Definition

abandonment

See also the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica's article on: Abandonment.

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Etymology

From French abandonnement, from abandonner (“to abandon, relinquish”); abandonner was originally equivalent to mettre à bandon (“to leave to the jurisdiction, i.e. of another”), bandon being from Medieval Latin bandum, bannum (“order, decree, ban”) (See also English banns.)

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Noun

abandonment (plural abandonments)

  1. The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
    • 1790-1800, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace:
      To what are we reserved? An adequate compensation "for the sacrifice of powers the most nearly connected with us;"— an adequate compensation "for the direct or indirect annexation to France ot all the ports of the continent, from Dunkirk to Hamburgh;"— an adequate compensation "for the abandonment of the independence of Europe!"
  2. (maritime law) The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against.
  3. (common law) The relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege, as to mill site, etc.
  4. (common law) The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
    "Since he left her, she's suing him for divorce on grounds of abandonment."
  5. The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier by railroad.
  6. A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
  7. (rare) Careless freedom or ease; abandon.

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