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Definition: Estreating
Estreat
\Es*treat"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Estreated; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Estreating.] (Law)
(a) To extract or take out from the records of a court, and
send up to the court of exchequer to be enforced; -- said
of a forfeited recognizance.
(b) To bring in to the exchequer, as a fine.
[1913 Webster]