The Collaborative International Dictionary
Estrepement
Estrepement \Es*trepe"ment\, n. [OF., damage, waste.] (Law)
A destructive kind of waste, committed by a tenant for life,
in lands, woods, or houses.
--Cowell.
Wiktionary
estrepement
n. (context legal English) A destructive kind of waste committed by a tenant for life, in lands, woods, or houses.
Wikipedia
Estrepement
The writ of estrepement , or de estrepamento , was a writ in common law countries that would be used to prevent estrepement, a type of voluntary waste. The waste that the writ would issue to prevent would be waste that occurred in response to a lawsuit seeking possession of the land, or a judgment against the waster where possession had not yet been delivered.