An estate in lands or tenements granted to two ormore persons, to hold in fee-simple, fee- tail, for life, for years, or at will. 2 Bl. Comm.180; 2 Crabb, Real Prop. 937.

An estate limited to take effect in possession, or inenjoyment, or in both, subject only to any term of years or contingent interest that mayIntervene, immediately after the regular expiration of a

A species of estate in expectancy, created by operation oflaw, being the residue of an estate left in tlie grantor, to commence in possession afterthe determination of some particular estate granted out

See ESTATE IN FEE- TAIL.

The lords spiritual, the lords temporal, aud the commonsof Great Britain. 1 Bl. Comm. 153. Sometimes called the “three estates.”

An ensign for horsemen in war.

L. Fr. To appear before a tribunal either as plaintiff ordefendant. Kelharu.

This word is used to express the mind or judgment of the speaker orwriter on the particular subject under consideration. It implies a calculation or computation,as to estimate the gain or loss

To stop, bar, or impede; to prevent ; to preclude. Co. Litt 352a. See ESTOPPEL.

A bar or impediment raised by the law, which precludes a man from alleging or from denying a certain fact or state of facts, in consequence of his previous allegation or denial

A writ for a wife judicially separated to recover her alimonyor estovers. Obsolete.

An allowance made to a person out of an estate or other thing for his orher support, as for food and raiment.An allowance (more commonly called “alimony”) granted to a woman divorced

Cattle whose owner is unknown. 2 Kent. Comm. 359; Spelman ; 20 Iowa,437. Any beast, not wild, found within any lordship, and not owned by any man.Cowell; 1 Bl. Comm. 297.Estray must

v. To take out a forfeited recognizance from the records of a court, andreturn it to the court of exchequer, to be prosecuted. See ESTREAT, n.

Straightened, as applied to roads. Cowell.

To strip; to despoil; to lay waste; to commit waste upon an estate, as bycutting down trees, removing buildings, etc. To injure the value of a reversionaryinterest by stripping or spoiling the

A species of aggravated waste, by stripping or devastating the land,to the injury of the reversioner, and especially pending a suit for possession.

And. The introductory word of several Latin and law French phrases formerly in common use.

And it is adjourned. A phrase used in the old reports, where theargument of a cause was adjourned to another day, or where a second argument washad. 1 Keb. 692, 754, 773.

An abbreviation for et alii, “and others.”