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单词 estrepement
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estrepementn.

/ɪˈstriːpmənt/
Forms: 1500s estreppement, 1600s estrepment, estripament, 1600s–1700s estrepament, 1700s– estrepement. Also 1600s aphetic strepment.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman estrepement, < estreper : see estrepe v.
1. ‘Wasting’ of lands, esp. ‘Any spoil or waste made by tenant for life, upon any lands or woods, to the prejudice of him in reversion; also, making land barren by continual ploughing’ (Wharton). writ of estrepement (see quot. 1768: this was abolished by 3 and 4 Will. IV. c. 27).
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the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > unproductiveness > [noun] > rendering unproductive
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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > illegal acts of tenant
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1503 Will of Robert Copynger (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/13) f. 154v Wt oute eny estreppement or wast.
1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Cc4v/2 Estrepement, or Estripament..signifieth in our common lawe, spoile made by the tenent for terme of life, vpon any lands or woods, to the preiudice of him in the reversion.
1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Estrepament.
1741 T. Robinson Common Law of Kent ii. i. 151 Without doing any Estrepement, Waste, or Exile.
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 225 And the writ of estrepement lay at the common law..to stop any waste which the vanquished party might be tempted to commit.
1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict. ; and in mod. Dicts.
2. (See quot. a1641) Obsolete.In cases of felony and Petit Treason the king had the right of estrepement, i.e. of enjoying the felon's lands for a year and ‘wasting’ them to his heart's content. This being to the injury of the lord of the fee, it became customary to compound with the king for the right of estrepement, which came to be represented merely by a fine.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [noun] > seizing lands or goods > confiscation or sequestration by state > goods confiscated or forfeited
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a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) II. 435 Estrepments, goods of fugitives and of convict, attainted, outlawed, and wayved persons.
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