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ouster le main en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /aʊstəɹ lə meɪn/ (US)
  • /-mæn/ (US)

Meanings

  1. A delivery of lands out of the hands of a guardian, or out of the king's hands, or a judgement given for that purpose.
    • he had to pay half - a - year's profits as a fine for suing out his ouster le main , or livery 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC: