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Abbott, Austin

lawyer, author, was born Dec. 18, 1831, in Boston, Mass. He was a lawyer of New York city; and was dean of the Law school of New York university at the time of his death. Besides preparing several works with his brother Benjamin, he published Legal Remembrancer, Principles and Forms of Practice in Civil Actions in Courts of Record; The Law of Evidence; Select Cases on Code Pleading; and a Digest of New York Statutes. These legal compilations are of great value to the profession. He died in 1896.

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