De Vasto
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Writ of waste. A writ which might be brought by him who had the immediate estate of inheritance In reversion or remainder, against the tenant for life, In dower, by curtesy or for years, where the latter bad committed waste in lands; calling upon the tenant to appear and show cause why he committed waste and destruction in the place named, to the disinherison (ad exhœredationem) of the plaintiff.
Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 55, C; 3 Bl. Comm. 227, 228. Abolished by St. 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 27. 3 Steph. Comm. 506.