'To abate into a freehold' definitions:
Definition of 'To abate into a freehold'
From: GCIDE
- Freehold \Free"hold`\, n. (Lw) An estate in real property, of inheritance (in fee simple or fee tail) or for life; or the tenure by which such estate is held. --Kent. Burrill. [1913 Webster]
- To abate into a freehold. See under Abate. [1913 Webster]