Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Estreating"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Estreat \Es*treat"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Estreated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Estreating}.] (Law)
(a) 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.
(b) To bring in to the exchequer, as a fine.
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