besaiel Meaning, Definition & Usage

Be*saiel", Be*saile", Be*sayle" noun (Also<
  • Besaiel
  • Besaile
  • Besayle
)
Etymology
OF. beseel, F. bisaïeul, fr. L. bis twice + LL. avolus, dim. of L. avus grandfather.
Definitions
  1. A great-grandfather. Obs.
  2. (Law) A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This is now abolished. Blackstone.

Webster 1913