Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law, spoil; waste; a stripping of land by a tenant, to the prejudice of the owner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Law) A destructive kind of waste, committed by a tenant for life, in lands, woods, or houses.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law A
destructive kind ofwaste committed by atenant for life, in lands, woods, or houses.
Etymologies
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Old French, damage, waste.
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