Abatement

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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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