esplees

noun

esplees

noun

Etymology From Latin expletia, Old French espleit. Compare exploit.

1

Law UK, Obsolete The full profits or products yielded by land, such as hay, pasturage, grain, rents, services, and the like.

  • in a writ of Eſchete, in a writ of right ſur diſclaimer, and ſuch like, which are founded vpon the ſeigniory, and not vpon any ſeiſin of the land it ſelfe, no eſplees ſhall be alledged1627, Henry Finch, Lavv: Or, A Discovrse Thereof, in Foure Bookes:

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