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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Abstract \Ab"stract`\, n. [See Abstract, a.]
     1. That which comprises or concentrates in itself the
        essential qualities of a larger thing or of several
        things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a
        treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief.
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              An abstract of every treatise he had read. --Watts.
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              Man, the abstract
              Of all perfection, which the workmanship
              Of Heaven hath modeled.               --Ford.
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     2. A state of separation from other things; as, to consider a
        subject in the abstract, or apart from other associated
        things.
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     3. An abstract term.
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              The concretes ``father'' and ``son'' have, or might
              have, the abstracts ``paternity'' and ``filiety.''
                                                    --J. S. Mill.
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     4. (Med.) A powdered solid extract of a vegetable substance
        mixed with sugar of milk in such proportion that one part
        of the abstract represents two parts of the original
        substance.
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     Abstract of title (Law), an epitome of the evidences of
        ownership.
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     Syn: Abridgment; compendium; epitome; synopsis. See
          Abridgment.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Abstract \Ab"stract`\, n. [See Abstract, a.]
     1. That which comprises or concentrates in itself the
        essential qualities of a larger thing or of several
        things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a
        treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief.
  
              An abstract of every treatise he had read. --Watts.
  
              Man, the abstract Of all perfection, which the
              workmanship Of Heaven hath modeled.   --Ford.
  
     2. A state of separation from other things; as, to consider a
        subject in the abstract, or apart from other associated
        things.
  
     3. An abstract term.
  
              The concretes ``father'' and ``son'' have, or might
              have, the abstracts ``paternity'' and ``filiety.''
                                                    --J. S. Mill.
  
     4. (Med.) A powdered solid extract of a vegetable substance
        mixed with sugar of milk in such proportion that one part
        of the abstract represents two parts of the original
        substance.
  
     Abstract of title (Law), an epitome of the evidences of
        ownership.
  
     Syn: Abridgment; compendium; epitome; synopsis. See
          Abridgment.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  abstract of title
     n.
     (lb en legal real estate) An epitome of the evidences of ownership;
  the condensed history of title to a particular parcel of real estate,
  with encumbrances.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  abstract of title
     n.
     (lb en legal real estate) An epitome of the evidences of ownership;
  the condensed history of title to a particular parcel of real estate,
  with encumbrances.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  abstract of title
     n.
     (lb en legal real estate) An epitome of the evidences of ownership;
  the condensed history of title to a particular parcel of real estate,
  with encumbrances.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  abstract of title
     n.
     (lb en legal real estate) An epitome of the evidences of ownership;
  the condensed history of title to a particular parcel of real estate,
  with encumbrances.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  abstract of title /ˈabstɹakt ɒv tˈaɪtəl/
  Eigentumsnachweis 
     Synonym: evidence of ownership
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  abstract of title /ˈabstɹakt ɒv tˈaɪtəl/
  Grundbuchauszug  [jur.]
     Synonym: extract from the land register
  
   see: extracts from the land register, abstracts of title
  

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