Abandonment
English Meaning
The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
- The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
- The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
- A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.