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Tresayle
Tres′ayleˊ
(trĕs′ālˊ)
, Noun.
A grandfather’s grandfather.
[Obs.]
Writ of tresayle
(O. Eng. Law)
, a writ which lay for a man claiming as heir to his grandfather's grandfather, to recover lands of which he had been deprived by an abatement happening on the ancestor's death.
Mozley & W.
Definition 2024
tresayle
tresayle
English
Noun
tresayle (plural tresayles)
- (obsolete) A grandfather's grandfather.
Related terms
- writ of tresayle