mortdancester
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
mortdancester (uncountable)
- (law, obsolete) Alternative form of mort d'ancestor
- 1713, Knightley D'Anvers, A General Abridgment of the Common Law […] , volume 2, page 457:
- By the Statute of Gloucester, made 6 Edw. 1. whereas before Damages were not awarded in a Mortdancester, (k) (unless upon a Recovery against the chief Lord) (l) they shall be awarded in all Cases where a Man recovers in a Mortdancester: (m) So in Cosinage, Ayel, and Besaiel.