abandonee

[uh-ban-duh-nee]

noun

the party to whom a right or property is abandoned by another, especially an insurer to whom a property has been relinquished.

a person who has been abandoned.

Origin of abandonee

First recorded in 1840–50; abandon¹ + -ee

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British Dictionary definitions for abandonee

abandonee

noun

law a person to whom something is formally relinquished, esp an insurer having the right to salvage a wreck

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