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• cosenage — /ksz(3)naj/ (Also spelled cosinage, cousinage. ) In old English law, a writ that lay for the heir where the tresail, i.e., the father of the besail, or greatgrandfather, was seised of lands in fee at his death, and a stranger entered upon the… …   Black's law dictionary

• cosinage — cosenage /ksz(3)naj/ (Also spelled cosinage, cousinage. ) In old English law, a writ that lay for the heir where the tresail, i.e., the father of the besail, or greatgrandfather, was seised of lands in fee at his death, and a stranger entered… …   Black's law dictionary

• cousinage — cosenage /ksz(3)naj/ (Also spelled cosinage, cousinage. ) In old English law, a writ that lay for the heir where the tresail, i.e., the father of the besail, or greatgrandfather, was seised of lands in fee at his death, and a stranger entered… …   Black's law dictionary

• cosenage — /ksz(3)naj/ (Also spelled cosinage, cousinage. ) In old English law, a writ that lay for the heir where the tresail, i.e., the father of the besail, or greatgrandfather, was seised of lands in fee at his death, and a stranger entered upon the… …   Black's law dictionary

• cosinage — cosenage /ksz(3)naj/ (Also spelled cosinage, cousinage. ) In old English law, a writ that lay for the heir where the tresail, i.e., the father of the besail, or greatgrandfather, was seised of lands in fee at his death, and a stranger entered… …   Black's law dictionary

• cousinage — cosenage /ksz(3)naj/ (Also spelled cosinage, cousinage. ) In old English law, a writ that lay for the heir where the tresail, i.e., the father of the besail, or greatgrandfather, was seised of lands in fee at his death, and a stranger entered… …   Black's law dictionary