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esplees

esplees noun: the full profits or products yielded by land, such as hay, pasturage, grain, rents, services, and the like.

Noun

esplees pl (plural only)

  1. (UK, obsolete, plural, plural-only) The full profits or products yielded by land, such as hay, pasturage, grain, rents, services, and the like.
    • in a writ of Eſchete, in a writ of right ſur diſclaimer, and ſuch like, which are founded vpon the ſeigniory, and not vpon any ſeiſin of the land it ſelfe, no eſplees ſhall be alledged1627, Henry Finch, Lavv: Or, A Discovrse Thereof, in Foure Bookes

Origin of esplees

From Latin expletia, Old French espleit. Compare exploit.

Questions about esplees

What does esplees mean?
Esplees means the full profits or products yielded by land, such as hay, pasturage, grain, rents, services, and the like.
What part of speech is esplees?
Esplees is a noun.

Words near esplees in the dictionary

  1. Espitia
  2. Espitias
  3. esplanade
  4. esplanaded
  5. esplanades
  6. esplees
  7. Esplin
  8. Esplins
  9. ESPN
  10. esponton
  11. espontons

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