Estreat

n. (From Lat. exitractum.} In English iaw. A copy or extract from fne book of estreats, that is, the rolls of any court, in which the amercements or fines, recognizances, ete., imposed or taken by that court upon or from the accused, are sel down, and which are to be levied by the bailiff or other officer of the court. Coweil: Brown, A forfeited recognizance taken out from among the other records for the purpose of being sent up to the exchequer, that the parties might be sued thereon, was said to ba estreated. 4 Bl. Comm. 253.