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mort d'ancestor

mort d'ancestor noun: a case or writ relating to the recovery of an inherited estate that has been taken or occupied by another party following the death of a relative.

Noun

mort d'ancestor (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A case or writ relating to the recovery of an inherited estate that has been taken or occupied by another party following the death of a relative.
    • If the abatement happened upon the death of the demandant’s father or mother, brother or sister, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece, the remedy is by an assize of mort d’ancestor, or the death of one’s ancestor.1768, William Blackstone, chapter 10, in Commentaries on the Laws of England, book III (Of Private Wrongs), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 185

Forms of mort d'ancestor

alternative formmortdancester

Origin of mort d'ancestor

From Anglo-Norman mordauncestre, from Old French mort d'ancestre (“death of ancestor”).

Questions about mort d'ancestor

What does mort d'ancestor mean?
Mort d'ancestor means a case or writ relating to the recovery of an inherited estate that has been taken or occupied by another party following the death of a relative.
What part of speech is mort d'ancestor?
Mort d'ancestor is a noun.

Words near mort d'ancestor in the dictionary

  1. mort
  2. mort bell
  3. mort bells
  4. mort cloth
  5. mort cloths
  6. mort d'ancestor
  7. mort de chien
  8. mort house
  9. mort houses
  10. mort stone
  11. mort stones

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