Legal Definition and Related Resources of Abandonee
Meaning of Abandonee
A party to whom a right or property is abandoned or relinquished by another. Applied to the insurers of vessels and cargoes. Lord Ellenborough, C. J., 5 Maule & S. 82; Abbott, J., Id. 87; Holroyd, J., Id. 89.
What does Abandonee mean in American Law?
The definition of Abandonee in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
A person to whom property or other rights are abandoned. Ordinarily, abandonment implies relinquishment to anyone or everyone. But there are numerous circumstances in which abandonment of something by one person will have the practical or even legal effect of vesting that thing in a particular other person, who thus may usefully be called an abandonee.
See also abandoned property.
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