Abbott, Austin. Born in Massachusetts, 1831-1896. Son of Jacob Abbott, infra. A lawyer of New York city who was dean of the Law School of New York Univesity at the time of his death. Besides preparing several works with his brother Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, infra, he published Legal Remembrancer, Principles and Forms of Practice in Civil Actions in Courts of Record; The Law of Evidence; Select Cases on Code Pleading; Digest of New York Statutes.