Destruction
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A term used in old English law, generally in connection with waste, and having, according to some, the same meaning.
1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 385 ; 3 Bl. Comm. 223.
Britton, however, makes a distinction between waste of woods and destruction of houses. Britt c.
66.