a. [a. OFr. abatable (Britton), f. abatre: see ABATE v.1 and -ABLE.] Capable of being abated.
1821. 1 and 2 Geo. IV., c. 41, § 1. By law, every such nuisance, being of a public nature, is abateable as such by indictment.
1865. Nichols, Britton, II. xviii. 9. The writ is thereby abatable [Fr. si est le bref abatable].
