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A grandfather's grandfather.

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  1. n. A grandfather's grandfather.
  2. A grandfather's grandfather. [Obs.] Writ of tresayle (O. Eng. Law), a writ which lay for a man claiming as heir to his grandfather's grandfather, to recover lands of which he had been deprived by an abatement happening on the ancestor's death. Mozley & W.
  3. A grandfather's grandfather. [Obs.] Writ of tresayle (O. Eng.Law), a writ which lay for a man claiming as heir to hisgrandfather's grandfather, to recover lands of which he had beendeprived by an abatement happening on the ancestor's death. Mozley &W.
  4. tresayle (plural tresayles) (obsolete) A grandfather's grandfather.