☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Abatement (Wills)

The reduction of legacies and devises when the estate assets are insufficient to satisfy all bequests in full, following a statutory or common law order of priority.

Etymology: Old French 'abatre' (to beat down, reduce) · Category: Wills & Estates · Source: Uniform Probate Code § 3-902
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