abandonee

From abandon +‎ -ee.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈbæn.dəˌni/

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abandonee (plural abandonees)

1. (law) One to whom something is abandoned. [Mid 19^th century.]^[1]
   • 1842, Sir James Allan PARK, A System of the Law of Marine Insurances ... The second edition, page 397:

     But this argument is built upon an assumption that an abandonment of freight convey to the abandonee a right to the freight, in preference to the right of the abandonee, of the ship, which is assuming the whole question.

   • 1924, Sir Joseph Arnould, Arnould on the Law of Marine Insurance and Average, page 1560:

     Does abandonee of goods take subject to shipowner's claim for freight?

   • 1955, Houghton v. Collins, 344 MICH 175 (1955): Brief of the Appellant, Luther Coleman, page 20:

     Obviously such things must have human attention and if the legal owner abandons them some other person, the would be abandonee, may, relying on evidence of abandonment move in and halt or reverse this sure trend toward nature, and this moving in and halting such a trend toward nature is the act that vests that person with a claim against the property. Now this evidence of abandonment is very important, without it the would-be abandonee is not justified in moving in and halting the trend toward nature. This evidence may be something that the abandonee perceives about the actions of the abandoner or some fact about the condition of the property itself to indicate abandonment.