Destruction
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
\l At, destructio; L. Fr. destruecion.] A term used in old English law, generally in connexion with Ufoste, and havmg, according to some, the same meaning.
1 Beeves' Hist, Eng. Law, 385. 3 Bl Com. 223.
See Waste. Britton, however, makes a distinction between waste of woods and destruction of houses; {wast d* boys, destruccio' de tenem'tz.) Britt. c.
66.
Stat. Marlbr. c.
17.