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estreat
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n. (context legal English) A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, especially of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer. vb. 1 (context legal English) To extract ...
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Estreat \Es*treat"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Estreated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Estreating .] (Law) To extract or take out from the records of a court, and send up to the court of exchequer to be enforced; -- said of a forfeited recognizance. To bring in to the exchequer, ...
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Estreat ( French estrait , Latin extracta ) means, originally, a true copy or duplicate of some original writing or record; since the 1900s used only with reference to the enforcement of a forfeited recognizance. At one time it was the practice to extract ...