A stranger who enters and takes possession in the abatement of a freehold.
Definition of Abator
Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
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Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd EditionIn real property law, a stranger who, having no right of entry, contrives to get possession of an estate of freehold, to the prejudice of the heir or devisee, before the latter can enter, after the ancestor's death. Litt. ยง 397. In the law of torts, one who abates, prostrates or destroys a nuisance.