(Lat He has closed his last day,—died.) A writ which formerly lay on the death of a tenant in capite, to ascertain the lands of which he died seised, and reclaim them into the king’s hands. It was directed to the king’s ee-cheators. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 251, K; 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 327
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
