- estreats
- n. true copy of an original (Law)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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estreat — /astriyt/ To take out a forfeited recognizance from the recordings of a court, and return it to the court to be prosecuted. n. (From Lat. extractum.) In English law, a copy or extract from the book of estreats, that is, the rolls of any court, in … Black's law dictionary
foreign apposer — /fohrsn apowzar/ In England, an officer in the exchequer who examines the sheriffs estreats, comparing them with the records, and apposes (interrogates) the sheriff as to each particular sum therein … Black's law dictionary
green wax — In English law, the name of the estreats in the exchequer, delivered to the sheriff under the seal of that court which was impressed upon green wax … Black's law dictionary
estreat — /astriyt/ To take out a forfeited recognizance from the recordings of a court, and return it to the court to be prosecuted. n. (From Lat. extractum.) In English law, a copy or extract from the book of estreats, that is, the rolls of any court, in … Black's law dictionary
foreign apposer — /fohrsn apowzar/ In England, an officer in the exchequer who examines the sheriffs estreats, comparing them with the records, and apposes (interrogates) the sheriff as to each particular sum therein … Black's law dictionary
green wax — In English law, the name of the estreats in the exchequer, delivered to the sheriff under the seal of that court which was impressed upon green wax … Black's law dictionary
