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TRESAYLE
Tres"ayle` (trĂŞs"al`), n. Etym: [F. trisaĂŻeul, from L. tris, tres, three + F. aĂŻeul grandfather. Cf. Besaiel, and see Ayle.]
Definition: A grandfather's grandfather. [Obs.] Writ of tresayle (O. Eng. Law), a writ which lay for a man claiming as heir to his grandfather's grandfather, to recover lands of which he had been deprived by an abatement happening on the ancestor's death. Mozley & W.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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