writ of waste

Hist. A writ to recover damages against a tenant who committed waste. See WASTE(1). [Cases: Waste 14. C.J.S. Waste § 23.]

writ of waste. Hist. A writ to recover damages against a tenant who committed waste. See WASTE(1). [Cases: Waste 14. C.J.S. Waste § 23.] “After waste had been actually committed, the ancient corrective remedy, in a court of common law, was by a writ of waste for the recovery of the place wasted, and treble