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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[OF., damage, waste.]

(Law)

A destructive kind of waste, committed by a tenant for life, in lands, woods, or houses.

Cowell.

Noun.

[Eng. to strip.] In law, spoil; waste; a stripping of land by a tenant, to the prejudice of the owner.

estrepement ‎(plural estrepements)

(law) A destructive kind of waste committed by a tenant for life, in lands, woods, or houses.
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