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abandonment in law, voluntary, intentional, and absolute relinquishment of rights or property without conveying them to any other person. Abandonment also means willfully leaving one's spouse or children, intending not to return (see desertion ). In many states the abandonment of a child is a criminal offense.

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abandonment, a term used in marine insurance indicating the surrender of a ship and its cargo to the insurers when the ship is a constructive total loss. Once notice of such a loss has been promulgated it is irrevocable and the insurers can then take whatever measures are necessary to recover the ship and its cargo.

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