Estrepe

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

  Estrepe \Es*trepe"\, v. t. [OF. estreper.] (Law)
     To strip or lay bare, as land of wood, houses, etc.; to
     commit waste.
     [1913 Webster]

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



  ESTREPE. This word is derived from the French, estropier, to cripple. It 
  signifies an injury to lands, to the damage of another, as a reversioner. 
  This is prevented by a writ of estrepement.