Esplees
Defined in 10 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The products which the land or ground yields; as, the hay of the meadows, the herbage of the pasture, corn or other produce of the arable, rents and services. Termes de la Ley. See 11 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 275; Dane, Abr. Index.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The products which the land or ground yields; as, the hay of the meadows, the herbage of the pasture, corn or other produce of the arable, rents, and services. See Witherow v. Keller, 11 S. & R. (Pa.) 275; Dane, Abr. Index; Fosgate v. Mfg. & Hydraulic Co., 9 Barb. (N. Y.) 293.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In old practice, profits; the full profits of land including all
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Anold term forthe products whieh the ground or Jand yields; as the hay of the meadows, the herbage of the pasture, corn of arable fields, rent and services, etc. The word has been anciently applied to the land itself, Jacob.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
' The products of the land: herbage, hay, grain; rents, services, etc.*
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
The full profits and services.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Fr. <k Eng. [L. Lat. expletia, from explere, to fill up.] In old practice. Full profits of land. The full profits or products which ground or land yields, as the hay of the meadows, the feed of the pasture, the com and grain of the arable; the rents, services and such like issues. CowelL Blount. An essential word in writs of right. See Expletia, The lands themselves, from which such profits are derived. Ducange.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
are the products which the land or ground yields, as the hay of the meadows, the herbage of the pasture, corn or other produce of the arable, rents and services. Termes de la Ley; Dane’s Ab. Index, h. t.