CESSAVIT
\sˈɛsɐvˌɪt], \sˈɛsɐvˌɪt], \s_ˈɛ_s_ɐ_v_ˌɪ_t]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.
By Oddity Software
-
A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.
By Noah Webster.
-
Eng. law. An obsolete writ, which could formerly have been sued out when the defendant had for two years ceased or neglected to perform such service or to pay such rent as he was bound to do by his tenure, and had not upon his lands sufficient goods or cbattels to be distrained. F. N. B. 208.
By John Bouvier
By Henry Percy Smith
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).