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Webster 1913 Edition

Cessavit

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Ces-sa′vit

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Noun.
[L., he has ceased.]
[O. Eng. Law]
A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cessavit

CESSAVIT

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Noun.
In law, a writ given by statute, to recover lands, when the tenant or occupier has ceased for two years to perform the service, which constitutes the condition of his tenure, and has not sufficient goods or chattels to be distrained, or the tenant has so inclosed the land that the lord cannot come upon it to distrain.

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