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Estreat logo #10101) An exact copy 2) Exact by way of levy 3) Legal copy 4) Legal extract 5) Legal true copy 6) True copy
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Estreat

Estreat logo #21000 Estreat (French estrait, Latin extracta) means, originally, a true copy or duplicate of some original writing or record; since the 1900s used only with reference to the enforcement of a forfeited recognizance. At one time it was the practice to extract and certify into the exchequer copies of entries in manorial rolls which contained provision or ...
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estreat logo #22641to consult court records in order to enable prosecution
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Estreat logo #21002• (v. t.) 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. • (v. t.) To bring in to the exchequer, as a fine. • (n.) A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, esp. of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls ...
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Estreat logo #20972Es·treat' noun [ Old French estraite , prop., an extract, from past participle of estraire to extract, French extraire , from Latin extrahere . See Extract .] (Law) A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, esp. of amercements or pe...
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Estreat

Estreat logo #20972Es·treat' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Estreated ; present participle & verbal noun Estreating .] (Law) (a) To extract or take out from the records of a court, and send up to the court of exchequer to be e...
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Estreat logo #20653an exact copy.
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