ESTREAT (0. Fr. estrait, Lat. extracta)
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ESTREAT (0. Fr. estrait, Lat. extracta) , originally, a true copy or duplicate of some original writing or record ; now used only with reference to the enforcement of a forfeited recognizance. At one time See Also: - TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
it was the practice to extract and certify into the exchequer copies of entries in court rolls which contained pro-visions or orders in favour of the treasury , hence the estreating of a recognizance was the taking out from among the other records of the court in which it was filed and sending it to the exchequer to be enforced, or sending it to the sheriff to be levied
by him, and then returned by the clerk of the peace to the lords of the treasury . (See RECOGNIZANCE.)
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