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Definition of estreat in English: estreatverb ɛˈstriːtɪˈstriːtəsˈtrit [with object]Law historical Enforce the forfeit of (a surety for bail or other recognizance) the Court may order the recognizance to be estreated Example sentencesExamples - What the Corporation owned at dissolution was estreated to the Crown.
- There have been plenty of decided cases in recent years relating to the obligations of sureties and the circumstances in which their recognisances may be estreated in whole or in part.
- It should not be anticipated that the courts will order the entire bail to be estreated when there is no evidence (other than the certificate) to weigh the appropriate sanction.
noun ɛˈstriːtɪˈstriːtəsˈtrit Law historical A copy of a court record for use in the enforcement of a fine or forfeiture of a recognizance. new calendars were introduced to record estreats Example sentencesExamples - The right to estreat is triggered by the non-attendance of the defendant at court.
Derivatives noun Law historical The law as to what is required to found an order of forfeiture against the surety is set out in most of the cases dealing with estreatment. Example sentencesExamples - The basis of estreatment is not as a matter of punishment of the surety, but because he has failed to fulfil the obligation which he undertook.
Origin Middle English: from Old French estraite, feminine past participle of estraire, from Latin extrahere 'draw out' (see extract). Rhymes accrete, autocomplete, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, Crete, deceit, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, entreat, escheat, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meat, meet, meet-and-greet, mesquite, mete, mistreat, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, petite, pleat, receipt, replete, sangeet, seat, secrete, sheet, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat Definition of estreat in US English: estreatverbəsˈtritəsˈtrēt [with object]Law historical Enforce the forfeit of (a surety for bail or other recognizance) the Court may order the recognizance to be estreated Example sentencesExamples - There have been plenty of decided cases in recent years relating to the obligations of sureties and the circumstances in which their recognisances may be estreated in whole or in part.
- What the Corporation owned at dissolution was estreated to the Crown.
- It should not be anticipated that the courts will order the entire bail to be estreated when there is no evidence (other than the certificate) to weigh the appropriate sanction.
nounəsˈtritəsˈtrēt Law historical A copy of a court record for use in the enforcement of a fine or forfeiture of a recognizance. new calendars were introduced to record estreats Example sentencesExamples - The right to estreat is triggered by the non-attendance of the defendant at court.
Origin Middle English: from Old French estraite, feminine past participle of estraire, from Latin extrahere ‘draw out’ (see extract). |