Plight
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
An old English word, used sometimes for the estate with the habit and quality of the land.
Co. Litt. 221.
It extends to a rent charge, and to a possibility of dower.
Id.; 1 Rolle, Abr. 447; Litt. § 289.