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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.

De eve et de treve

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

Definition:
From grandfather and remote ancestors.
De Eve Et De Treve

Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

Definition:
A law French phrase, equivalent to the Latin de avo et de tritavo, descriptive of the ancestral rights of lords in their villeins. Literally, "from grandfather and from great-grandfather's great-grandfather." It occurs in the Year Books.