Ayel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈeɪ(ə)l/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ayel is a noun meaning (law, obsolete) A legal writ under which a grandchild can legally remove a stranger from land belonging to the grandchild's grandfather, which the stranger had seized upon the grandfather's death.
Meaning
(law, obsolete) A legal writ under which a grandchild can legally remove a stranger from land belonging to the grandchild's grandfather, which the stranger had seized upon the grandfather's death.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A grandfather.
Example Sentences
The Writ of Ayle was an ancient English writ which lay against a stranger who had dispossessed the demandant of land of which his grandfather died seized.
Word Forms
- ayels
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include besaiel, elegit, pone, extent, abator, gavelet.
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