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Streighten

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

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In the old books. To narrow or restrict. "The habendum should not streighten the devise."

1 Leon. 58.

STREPITUS (Law Lat.) In old records. Estrepement or strip; a species of waste or destruction of property.

Spelman.