esplees

esplees
/i spleez"/, n. (used with a pl. v.) Law.
the yield from land, as produce or rents.
[1590-1600; < AF esple(t)z < ML expleta, pl. of EXPLETUM revenue, r. L explicitum something unfolded. See EXPLOIT1]

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  • Esplees — Es*plees , n. pl. [LL. expletia, OF. espleit. Cf. {Exploit}.] (Old Eng. Law) The full profits or products which ground or land yields, as the hay of the meadows, the feed of the pasture, the grain of arable fields, the rents, services, and the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Esplees — What could be obtained from land, i.e. its crop, rents and services, or the issues of the land . *Bracton said that the taking of esplees [added] nothing to *seisin except where they made the seisin clearer or evident . He adds, the seisin of the …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • esplees — n. income or profit obtained from land (such as rent or crop harvests) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • esplees — es·plees …   English syllables

  • esplees — /aspliyz/ An old term for the products which the ground or land yields; as the hay of the meadows, the herbage of the pasture, corn of arable fields, rent and services, etc. The word has been anciently applied to the land itself …   Black's law dictionary

  • esplees — /aspliyz/ An old term for the products which the ground or land yields; as the hay of the meadows, the herbage of the pasture, corn of arable fields, rent and services, etc. The word has been anciently applied to the land itself …   Black's law dictionary

  • esplees — The products and profits of land which it yields, such as the hay of the meadows, the herbage of the pasture land, the corn of the arable land, rents, services, etc. Fosgate v Herkimer Mfg. & Hydraulic Co. (NY) 9 Barb 287, 293 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • esplees — ə̇ˈsplēz noun plural Etymology: Middle French espleiz, plural of espleit revenue, profit, from Old French more at exploit : the profits or products that land yields (as hay, pasturage, grain, or rents) …   Useful english dictionary

  • explees — /s(k)spliyz/ See esplees …   Black's law dictionary

  • explees — /s(k)spliyz/ See esplees …   Black's law dictionary

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