The first form to consider is subtraction, or what might more grandly be called the aesthetic of abridgment, as illustrated by a new and ambitious series of "compact editions" produced by the British publisher Orion.
Let us express the pure blood of the white in the capital letters of the printed alphabet... and any given mixture of either, by way of abridgment in MS. letters.
As James Madison said, "I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations".
Since we're constantly at risk, constantly at war, always "under siege" as Ridge would have it, we're supposed to accept all sorts of abridgments to our freedoms, large and small.
The prospect of the "abridgment of labour" should fill us with hope rather than foreboding.
One could certainly sympathize (as I do) with a strong rule against abrogating contracts, and believe (as I do) that the current three-part Contract Clause test is too forgiving of governmental abridgments of contracts.
Some idea of its value is obtainable from what remains of the abridgment made by Festus in the 2nd or 3rd century and from the abridgment of that made by Paul the Deacon in the 8th century.
Thus while the most abbreviated text is implaced within the original cosmic text, the entire content of the cosmic text is itself encapsulated within the characters of its abridgment representing a condensation.
As indicated earlier, our cases describe the condition for abridgment of property rights through the police power as a "substantial advanc[ing]" of a legitimate state interest.
The remains of his abridgment exist in only one manuscript, the Codex Festi Farnesianus, at Naples.
The Cleveland Orchestra offered two specimens of natural abridgment at Carnegie Hall on Thursday night.
