Ayle
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Ayel, Aiel, Aile. L. Fr. [from ael, aieul, a grandfather.] In old English practice. The name of a writ (Lat. breve de avo) which lay when a man's grandfather or grandmother was seised of lands in fee simple on the day of his or her death: and a stranger entered on that day, and abated, or dispossessed the heir of his inheritance.
F. N. B. 221 D. 3 Bl. Com. 186. Abolished by statute 3 & 4 Will. IV. c. 27, s. 36.