ABBOTSBURY, a small town in Dorsetshire, with
a market on Thursday. W. Long. 1. 17. Lat. 50. 40. Abbreviate The abbey near this town was founded by a Norman lady, about the year 1026; and Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror were considerable benefactors to it.
ABBREVIATE of ADJUDICATIONS, in Scots law, an abstract or abridgment of a decree of adjudication, which is recorded in a register kept for that purpose.