Meaning of besaiel | Babel Free
/bɪˈseɪ.əl/Definitions
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A great-grandfather. obsolete
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A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. obsolete
Examples
“Herry Percy, knyght, Besaile to the said then Erle […]”
“In a Writ of Besayle he shall not have the View.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.