Esplees

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

  Esplees \Es*plees"\, n. pl. [LL. expletia, OF. espleit. Cf.
     {Exploit}.] (Old Eng. Law)
     The full profits or products which ground or land yields, as
     the hay of the meadows, the feed of the pasture, the grain of
     arable fields, the rents, services, and the like. --Cowell.
     [1913 Webster]



From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ESPLEES. The products which the land or ground yields; as the hay of the 
  meadows, the herbage of the pasture, corn or other produce of the arable, 
  rents and services. Termes de la Ley; see 11 Serg. & R. 2-5; Dane's Ab. 
  Index, h.t.