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estreat

estreat noun: a true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, especially of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer.

Noun

estreat (plural estreats)

  1. A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, especially of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer.
    • If the crime reached onely to ſhamefull penance, […] then might that penance be reduced to a ranſome, according to the graine of the offence aſſeſſed in the preſence of a Judge by the free men, and entered upon the roll, and the eſtreat of each ranſome ſeverally and apart ſent to the Sheriffe.1647, Nath[aniel] Bacon, “Of Passing of Judgement and Execution”, in An Historicall Discourse of the Uniformity of the Government of England. The First Part. From the First Times till the Reign of...

Verb

estreat (third-person singular simple present estreats, present participle estreating, simple past and past participle estreated)

  1. (transitive) To extract or take out from the records of a court, and send up to the court of exchequer to be enforced; said of a forfeited recognizance.
  2. (transitive) To bring in to the exchequer, as a fine.

Forms of estreat

Noun
pluralestreats
Verb
third-person singular presentestreats
present participleestreating
past participleestreated
pastestreated

Origin of estreat

Old French estrete (“an extract”).

Questions about estreat

What does estreat mean?
Estreat means a true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, especially of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer.
What part of speech is estreat?
Estreat can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of estreat?
The plural of estreat is estreats.

Words near estreat in the dictionary

  1. estrayed
  2. estraying
  3. estrays
  4. estrazinol
  5. estre
  6. estreat
  7. estreated
  8. estreating
  9. estreats
  10. Estrela Mountain Dog
  11. Estrella

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