I.an abrogating, annulling, abolishing, abolition (postAug.).
I. In gen.: “tributorum,” Tac. A. 13, 50; cf.: “quadragesimae quinquagesimaeque,” id. ib. 13, 51: “legis,” Suet. Aug. 34: “sententiae,” Tac. A. 6, 2 fin.—
II. In partic.
B. In the Dig., the withdrawal of an accusation or suit, suspension: abolitio publica, ex lege, privata, Cod. Th. 9, 37, 3 sq.; Dig. 48, 16 al.; cf. Rein, Criminalrecht. p. 273 sq.