Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In law, spoil; waste; a stripping of land by a tenant, to the prejudice of the owner.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Law) A destructive kind of waste, committed by a tenant for life, in lands, woods, or houses.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun law A destructive kind of waste committed by a tenant for life, in lands, woods, or houses.

Etymologies

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Old French, damage, waste.

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