Abandonee

The term abandonee refers to a party to whom a right, interest or propery is abandoned or relinquished by another.  This term is generally used to refer to the insurer to whom a ship or cargo is abandoned.

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Abandonment

The term “abandonment” refers to the surrendering and relinquishing of a right or interest with the intention of never again claiming said right or interest. Reference Desk Catonsville Nursing Home, Inc. v. Loveman, 709 A.2d 749 (Md. 1998) (quotations and citations omitted). Abandonment depends upon concurrence of two factors, (a) an intention to abandon and […]

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Abandonment of Ship or Cargo

The relinquishment by an assured person to the assur- ers of his right to what is saved out of a wreck, when the thing insured has, by some of the usual perils of the sea, become practi- cally valueless. Upon abandonment the as- sured is entitled to call upon the assurers to pay the full […]

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Abode

residence; the place where one lives; the place where a person dwells.

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Abolish

to annul; to do away with entirely; to dispense with. Example:  The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntarily servitude.

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