Assize of mort d' ancestor
ASSIZE OF MORT D' ANCESTOR. The name, of an ancient writ, now obsolete. Itmight have been sued out by one whose father, mother, brother, &c., diedseised of lands, and tonements, which they held in fee, and which, aftertheir death, a stranger abated. Reg. Orig. 223. See Mort d' Ancestor.