CESSAVIT, noun In law, a writ given by statute, to recover lands, when the tenant or occupier has ceased for two years to perform the service, which constitutes the condition of his tenure, and has not sufficient goods or chattels to be distrained, or the tenant has so inclosed the land that the lord cannot come upon it to distrain.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.