Expletia
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
or EXPLECIA (Lat. from explere, to complete or make perfect). Esplees or profit of land. Bracton", fols. 40, 44b. EXPLICATIO (Lat.)
In civil law. The fourth pleading. Equivalent to the surrejoinder of the common law. Calv. Lex.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
explecia, explicia, II In old land. V. Explees.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Explida. L. Lat. [from explere, to fill or make up; to complete or make perfect.] In old English law. Esplees; the profits of land. Bract, fol. 40, 44 b. Excoluit terrain, et hlada expendit, et redditus et expletia cepit; he cultivated and sowed the land, and took the rents and esplees. Id. fol. 50 b, 206 b, 372 b, 373. So called, because the estate is made complete and perfect by reaping the explees, that is, the fruit and commodity thereof. 6 Co. 68 b.