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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Besaiel \Be*saiel"\, Besaile \Be*saile"\, Besayle \Be*sayle"\,
     n. [OF. beseel, F. bisa["i]eul, fr. L. bis twice + LL.
     avolus, dim. of L. avus grandfather.]
     1. A great-grandfather. [Obs.]
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     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.
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