estreat

The court clerk prepares an estreat of the fine for the judge's review.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A true copy or extract of a record: In legal contexts, "estreat" refers to a certified copy of a fine, penalty, or forfeiture, especially one sent to a court or authority for enforcement.

2. Verb:

   • To extract or take out a copy of a record: The act of making and certifying a copy of a fine or penalty for legal proceedings.
   • To enforce a forfeiture: To proceed with the collection of a penalty or fine, typically by sending the record to a court.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The clerk prepared an estreat of the fine to be sent to the higher court. (A certified copy of the penalty for legal action.)
  • The estreat of the forfeiture was filed with the magistrate. (The extracted record of the penalty.)

• Verb:

  • The sheriff will estreat the bond after the defendant failed to appear. (To enforce the forfeiture of the bond.)
  • The court ordered the officer to estreat the penalty from the offender's property. (To extract and proceed with the fine.)

Advanced Usage

• "to estreat a recognizance": To enforce a forfeiture of a bail bond or surety.

  • The judge decided to estreat the recognizance when the accused fled. (To collect the forfeited bond.)

• "estreat of a fine": The official document recording a monetary penalty.

  • The estreat of the fine was presented as evidence in the appeal. (The certified copy of the fine.)

Variants and Related Words

• Estreated (adj): having been extracted or enforced as a legal copy.

  • The estreated bond was returned to the treasury. (The forfeited bond that was processed.)

• Estreatment (n): the process of extracting or enforcing a legal record.

  • The estreatment of the penalty took several months. (The legal procedure of enforcing the fine.)

Synonyms

• Extract: to take out a copy or portion of a document.
• Forfeit: to lose or surrender something as a penalty.
• Seize: to take possession of property by legal authority.

Phrasal Verbs

• Estreat from: to extract a record from a source.

  • The clerk estreated the fine from the original court record. (To take a certified copy from the original.)

• Estreat against: to enforce a penalty against someone.

  • The court estreated against the guarantor for the missing payment. (To proceed with collection from the guarantor.)

Related Idioms

• Estreat of the law: a formal legal procedure for enforcing penalties.

  • The estreat of the law was carried out without delay. (The enforcement of the legal penalty.)

• To estreat a debt: to enforce the collection of a financial obligation through a legal copy.

  • The creditor sought to estreat the debt from the debtor's assets. (To proceed with legal collection.)