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abstention
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abstention noun  abstemiousness, abstinence from action, avoidance, elusion, evasion, forbearance, holding off, inaction, refrainment
Associated concepts: abstention awaiting the state court's decision, abstention based on deferral, abstention based on state issues, doctrine of abstention
See also: absence, continence, desuetude, temperance

ABSTENTION, French law. This is the tacit renunciation by an heir of a succession Merl. Rep. h.t.



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The number of abstentions was unusually high, particularly for ziprasidone.
Sharon survived by a vote of 46 to 45 with seven abstentions in the first vote, 51 to 49 with six abstentions in the second and 50 to 47 with five abstentions in the third.
Under the new system, abstentions would be counted and recorded separately.
 
 
 
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