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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

One who ceases or neglects so long to perform a duty that he thereby incurs the danger of the law.

Old Nat. Brev. 136.

CESSURE (Law Fr.) A receiver; a bailiff.

Kelham.

C'EST ASCAVOIR (Law Fr.) That is to Another form was cest asaver, and in one word, cestaeaver.