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besaiel

besaiel

English

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Noun

besaiel (plural besaiels)

  1. (obsolete) A great-grandfather.
  2. (law, obsolete) 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.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Blackstone to this entry?)