A Mensa Et Thoro :: A mensa et thoro () A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife..

Abandonment :: Abandonment (n.) The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment..

Abandonment :: Abandonment (n.) The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against.

Abandonment :: Abandonment (n.) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as to mill site, etc..

Abandonment :: Abandonment (n.) The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband, or child; desertion..

Abandonment :: Abandonment (n.) Careless freedom or ease; abandon.

Abasement :: Abasement (n.) The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation..

Abashment :: Abashment (n.) The state of being abashed; confusion from shame.

Abatement :: Abatement (n.) The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof..

Abatement :: Abatement (n.) The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.

Abatement :: Abatement (n.) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.

Abatement :: Abatement (n.) The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee..

Abdomen :: Abdomen (n.) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity..

Abdomen :: Abdomen (n.) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda..

Abetment :: Abetment (n.) The act of abetting; as, an abetment of treason, crime, etc..

Abiliment :: Abiliment (n.) Habiliment.

Abjurement :: Abjurement (n.) Renunciation.

Abodement :: Abodement (n.) A foreboding; an omen.

Abolishment :: Abolishment (n.) The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.

Aborsement :: Aborsement (n.) Abortment; abortion.

Abortment :: Abortment (n.) Abortion.

Above-mentioned :: Above-mentioned (a.) Alt. of Above-name.

Abridgment :: Abridgment (n.) The act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses..

Abridgment :: Abridgment (n.) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation..

Abridgment :: Abridgment (n.) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly..

Absentment :: Absentment (n.) The state of being absent; withdrawal.

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) State of abutting.

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) That on or against which a body abuts or presse.

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut..

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) A fixed point or surface from which resistance or reaction is obtained, as the cylinder head of a steam engine, the fulcrum of a lever, etc..

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