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tresaiel

tresaiel is the alternative form of tresayle.

Meaning of tresayle

Noun

tresayle (plural tresayles)

  1. (obsolete) A grandfather's grandfather; a great-great-grandfather.
    • If the abatement happened on the death of one's grandfather or grandmother, then an assise of mort d'ancestor no longer lies, but a writ of ayle or de avo: if on the death of the great-grandfather or great-grandmother, then a writ of be sayle, or de proavo: but if it mounts one degree higher, to...1853, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, page 148

Forms of tresaiel

pluraltresaiels

Questions about tresaiel

What is tresaiel the alternative form of?
Tresaiel is the alternative form of tresayle.

Words near tresaiel in the dictionary

  1. Tres Rios
  2. tres-tine
  3. tres-tines
  4. tres-tyne
  5. tres-tynes
  6. tresaiel
  7. tresaiels
  8. Tresarrett
  9. Tresavean
  10. tresayle
  11. tresayles

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