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mortdancester

mortdancester is the alternative form of mort d'ancestor.

Meaning of mort d'ancestor

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

Questions about mortdancester

What is mortdancester the alternative form of?
Mortdancester is the alternative form of mort d'ancestor.

Words near mortdancester in the dictionary

  1. mortary
  2. mortbell
  3. mortcloth
  4. mortcloths
  5. Mortdale
  6. mortdancester
  7. Morte
  8. Morteau sausage
  9. Morteau sausages
  10. Mortehoe
  11. Morten

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