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enlarge, vb. 1. To increase in size or extend in scope or duration (the court enlarged the time allotted for closing arguments). 2. To free from custody or imprisonment (at common law, an action for escape lay when a prisoner was wrongly enlarged). Cf. AT LARGE. — enlargement, n.

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enlarger l’estate

enlarger l’estate (en-lahr-j[schwa]r l[schwa]-stayt). [Law French] Hist. A release that enlarges an estate and consists of a conveyance of the ulterior interest to the tenant. • If an estate was held by a tenant for life or years, with the remainder to another in fee, and if the one in remainder released all rights to

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