Walker Prins. D.M. Walker, Principles of Scottish Private l^w 347(41) W 178 LP Walker SCO D.M. Walker, The Scottish Legal System 340(41) W 178 Webster Webster's Third New International Dictionary West West's Law and Commercial Dictionary, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1986 White Book The Supreme Court Practice 1987, London, 1987 14/ The professed aim of the compilers of this work - Centre de traduction et de terminologie juridiques, Université de Moncton, Nouveau-Brianswick, Canada - is to create a vocabulary of the common law in French (Le Mot. 16 November 1981) by virtue of the use of both English and French in the law of certain parts of Canada. - xxxii - WILC Wood Words and Phrases YB ... I YB ... II 2A ZR The Work of the International Law Commission (Sales No. 80.V.11) 1¿/ Law and Practice of International Finance (DROI 31) Words and Phrases Legally Defined (DROI 4/1-6) £êârt?,PQk .gl the Inteiyatiflnal Law Commigfeim vol. I Yearbook of the International Law Commission vol. II South Africa Zaire 1¿/ Superseded by Sales No. 88.V.1. Any references in the body of the glossary to page numbers are references to the 1980 edition. _ 1 _ A F abandon (FR) Dr. civ.: acte unilatéral ou conventionnel par lequel une personne renonce à un droit, syn. renonciation; p. ex. abandon d'un enfant, d'un bail, d'un droit, d'un usufruit, d'une action en justice; Guillien, Rép. 'Acte' paras. 75-78 E abandonment*, **** - surrender** - waiver*** - discontinuance**** S abandono E abandonment = F abandon S abandono = F abandon E abatement 1. Of an action, proceedings, appeal: its suspension or ending 2. Of a debt, legacy, rent: its reduction 3. Of a nuisance: its removal F 1. 2. 3. S 1. 2. 3. See E note to surrender 1. *(unilateral) e.g. of a child, property, a ship **{contractual) e.g. of a 
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