abatement ab initio

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Noun

[edit]

abatement ab initio (uncountable)

  1. (law) A common law legal doctrine stating that the death of a defendant who is appealing a criminal conviction vacates the conviction.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=abatement_ab_initio&oldid=58493645"