ayel
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English ayel, aiel, from Old French aiol, aiel, from Vulgar Latin *aviolus, ultimately from Latin avus. Compare modern French aïeul.
Noun[edit]
ayel (uncountable)
- (law, obsolete) A legal writ under which a grandchild can legally remove a stranger from land belonging to the grandchild's grandfather, which the stranger had seized upon the grandfather's death.[1]
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Adverb[edit]
ayel
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