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Abatement

11:46 AM Posted by Medical Dictionary
A diminution, decrease or easing. In medicine there may be abatement of pain or any other symptom or sign.
 In the environment there may abatement in the degree of pollution. See also: Abate.

Abatement may refer to:
  • Abatement of debts and legacies, a common law doctrine of wills
  • Abatement in pleading, a legal defence to civil and criminal actions based purely on procedural and technical issues involving the death of parties
  • Abatement (heraldry), a modification of the shield or coat of arms that supposedly can be imposed by authority (in England supposedly by the Court of Chivalry) for misconduct
  • Bird abatement, driving or removing undesired birds from an area
  • Dust abatement, the process of inhibiting the creation of excess soil dust, a pollutant that contributes to excess levels of particulate matter
  • Tax Abatement (aka Tax holiday) is used in the field of economic development to encourage businesses to relocate, expand, and more currently to retain facilities in a community
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