sb. pl. Law. [ad. AF. esplez, espletz, pl. of OF. esplet, espleit, esploit revenue:—L. explicitum, neut. pa. pple. of explicāre to unfold, in vulg. Lat. to develop, extract, accomplish. Cf. EXPLOIT, which is ultimately the same word.] The products that ground or land yield; as the hay of meadows, herbage of pasture, corn of arable, rents, services, etc.; also, the lands, etc., themselves. (Wharton.)
1598. Kitchin, Courts Leet (1675), 252. It behoveth to lay the Esplees in his court.
1613. Sir H. Finch, Law (1636), 357. The demandant must alledge the taking of the profits, we call it esplees, in the declaration.
1865. Nichols, Britton, II. 135. Inasmuch as he never took esplees in full seisin before the death of the grantor.
