The termination or suspension of an estate-tail, in consequence of the act of the tenant in tail, in conveying a larger estate in the land than he was by law entitled to do. 2 Bl. Comm. 275 ; 3 Bl. Comm. 171. An alienation made or suffered by tenant in tail, or by any that is seised in outer droit, where-hy the issue in tail, or tbe heir or successor, or those in reversion or remainder, are driven to their action, and cannot enter. Co. Lltt 325a. The cesser of a seisin under an estate, nnd the acquisition of a seisin under a new and necessarily a wrongful title. Prest Merg. c. ii.
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
