In French feudal law. A species of relief; a seignorial right due on every change of a tenant. A feudal right which formerly prevalled in Languedoc and Guy-enne, being attached to that species of heritable estates which were granted on the contract of emphyteusis. Guyot, Inst. Feod. c. 5, § 12.
Definition of Acapte
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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
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Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition