formedon
English
Etymology
Old French, from Latin. So called because the plaintiff claimed "by the form of the gift": Latin per formam doni.
Noun
formedon (plural formedons)
- (law, historical, Britain) A writ of right for a tenant in tail in case of a discontinuance of the estate tail.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for formedon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)