Middle English Dictionary Entry

mort de auncestrīe phr.
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Forms mort de auncestrīe phr. Also mortancestri, mort de auncestre.
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1.
Law Legal proceedings brought by a rightful heir upon the death of his ancestor against one wrongfully possessing his inheritance.
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