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Aiel

Defined in 1 dictionary — Burrill (1850)

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Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Ayel, Aile, Ayle.

In old practice. A writ which lay for an heir to recover the possession of lands on the seisin of his grandfather, {aiel or aieul.)* Called by Roscoe a possessory ancestral writ. 1 Roscoe Real Act. 127. Ayle is the most common form of this word, and is used by Blackstone. 3 Bl. Com. 186. See Ayle.