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Definition of Astrict
1. v. t. To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract.
2. a. Concise; contracted.
Definition of Astrict
1. Verb. To bind, constrain, or restrict. ¹
2. Verb. To estop. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Astrict
1. to restrict [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: restrict
Lexicographical Neighbors of Astrict
Literary usage of Astrict
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, from 1766 to 1791 by David Dalrymple, Scotland Court of Session, Mungo Ponton Brown (1826)
"No act or deed of an heritor can astrict a tenement to which he has no right.
PRESIDENT. My doubt is on account of teind and stock being separata tene- ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To astrict, (ijs-tri.kt') va To contract by applications. ASTRAY, (a-stra') ail.
Out of the right way. ..."
3. The Scots Revised Reports: Morison's Dictionary, 1 to 9424 (1908)
"... or astrict these lands, by his charter of the mill to Dundas. ... deed to
astrict the lands, which they had got free, et tanquam optimum maximum. ..."
4. Charters and Other Writs Illustrating the History of the Royal Burgh of by Aberdeen (Scotland) (1890)
"... our said burgh of Aberdeen, with all and sundry their lands, forests, woods,
waters, salmon fishings on the waters of Dee and Don, mills, astrict ..."
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