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estreats

estreats is the plural of estreat.

estreats is the third-person singular simple present indicative of estreat.

Meaning of estreat

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...

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Questions about estreats

What is estreats the plural of?
Estreats is the plural of estreat.

Words near estreats in the dictionary

  1. estrazinol
  2. estre
  3. estreat
  4. estreated
  5. estreating
  6. estreats
  7. Estrela Mountain Dog
  8. Estrella
  9. Estremadura
  10. Estremera
  11. Estremeras

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