Estrepement
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
estrepment, l. fr. and eng. Spoil made by a tenant for life, on lands or woods, to the prejudice of the reversioner, as by usage contrary to good husbandry, or by cutting down trees, or lopping them further than the law will allow; an aggravated kind of waste committed in lands, woods, or houses, by a tenant for life or years, and especially during the pendency of a suit to recover possession.