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ABATEMENT IN LITIGATION

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 7 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ABATEMENT IN LITIGATION . In See also:civil proceedings, no See also:action abates by See also:reason of the See also:marriage, See also:death or See also:bankruptcy of any of the parties, if the cause of action survives or continues, and does not become defective by the See also:assignment, creation or See also:devolution of any See also:estate or See also:title pendente lice (R.S.C. See also:Order 17, r. r). Criminal proceedings do not abate on the death of the prosecutor, being in theory instituted by the. See also:crown, but the crown itself may bring about their termination without any decision on the merits and without the assent of the prosecutor.

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