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MORT D' ANCESTOR (law)


MORT D' ANCESTOR. An ancient and now almost obsolete remedy in the English law. An assize of mort d' ancestor was a writ which was sued out where, after law. An assize of mort d' ancestor was a writ which was sued out where, after the decease of a man' s ancestor, a stranger abated, and entered into the the decease of a man' s ancestor, a stranger abated, and entered into the estate. 1, Co. Litt. 159. The remedy in such case is now to bring ejectment. estate. 1, Co. Litt. 159. The remedy in such case is now to bring ejectment.