Extent in chief
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Extent at the instance of the king.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The principal kind of extent, issuing at the suit of the crown, for the recovery of the crown's debt. 4 Steph. Comm. 47. An adverse proceeding by the king, for the recovery of his own debt. 2 Tidd, Pr. 1045.
Defined under Extent in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In English practice. The principal kind of extent, issuing at the suit of the crown, for the recovery ot the erown’s debt, 4 Steph. Comm. 47. An adverse proceeding by the king, for the recovery of his own debt. 2 Tidd, Pr. 1045.