| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A great-grandfather.[Websters]
2. A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This is now abolished.[Websters]. | |
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Date "BESAYLE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: BESAYLE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] A great grandfather. If the abatement happened on the death of one's grandfather or grandmother, a writ of ayle lieth; if on the death of the great grandfather, then a writ of besayle; but if it mounts one degree higher, to the tresayle, or grandfather's grandfather, &c.,the writ is called a writ of cosinage, or de consanguineo. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: BESAYLE
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| Besaile or besayle | Law | BESAILE or BESAYLE, domestic relations. The great-grandfather, proavus. 1 Bl. Com. 186. Vide dile. (references) | |
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