English Explanatory Dictionary

mort d'ancestor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A case or writ relating to the recovery of an inherited estate that has been taken or occupied by another party following the death of a relative.

Word forms

mort d'ancestor mortdancester

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman mordauncestre, from Old French mort d'ancestre (“death of ancestor”).

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