esplees, n. pl. Law.
(ɛˈspliːz)
[ad. AF. esplez, espletz, pl. of OF. esplet, espleit, esploit revenue:—L. explicitum, neut. pa. pple. of explicāre to unfold, in vulg. Lat. to develop, extract, accomplish. Cf. exploit, which is ultimately the same word.]
The products which ground or land yield; as the hay of meadows, herbage of pasture, corn of arable, rents, services, etc.; also, the lands, etc. themselves. (Wharton.)
| 1598 Kitchin Courts Leet (1675) 252 It behoveth to lay the Esplees in his court. 1613 Sir H. Finch Law (1636) 357 The demandant must alledge the taking of the profits, we call it esplees, in the declaration. 1865 Nichols Britton II. 135 Inasmuch as he never took esplees in full seisin before the death of the grantor. |