abstention

(US) the staying of a federal case because that court considers the issue can better be dealt with by a state court.

Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006

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

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.

Mentioned in

Abstention Doctrine
forbearance
North Pacific Fisheries Convention, 1952
Opinion of the Supreme Court, January 22, 1973
Opinion of U.S. District Court, N.D. Texas, June 17, 1970
Respondent's Brief
Suffer
Temperance Movement
Unilateral Contract

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