‖ cessavit
(sɛˈseɪvɪt)
[Lat. 3rd sing. perf. of cessāre = cease v., cess v.2 1.]
A writ so called, originating in Stat. 6 Edw. I. and abolished by 3 and 4 Wm. IV. (See quot. and cf. cess v.2, cesser.)
| 1555 Perkins Prof. Bk. v. §389 The Lord bringeth a Cessavit and doth recover. 1641 Termes de la Ley 50. 1768 Blackstone Comm. III. 232 The writ of cessavit: which lies, by the statutes of Glocester..and of Westm. 2..when a man who holds lands of a lord by rent or other services, neglects or ceases to perform his services for two years together. 1809 Tomlins Law Dict. s.v., If the lord distrains pending the writ of cessavit against his tenant, the writ shall abate. |