Word of the Day: Catachrestical
To extract; to copy.
1. To extract or take out from the records of a court, and send up to the court of exchequer to be enforced; -- said of a forfeited recognizance.
2. To bring in to the exchequer, as a fine.
Extracted; copied.
of Estreat
Penalty Roget’s Thesaurus §974
N. penalty, retribution, pain, pains and penalties, weregild, wergild, peine forte et dure, penance, the devil to pay, fine, mulct, amercement, forfeit, forfeiture, escheat, damages, deodand, sequestration, confiscation, premunire, doomage
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