1. past tense of estreat; to extract or copy from court records
Usage: legal
2. to enforce payment of a forfeited bond or recognizance
Usage: legal

Examples

• The court clerk estreated the bond after the defendant failed to appear.
• The judge ordered that the forfeited bail be estreated immediately.
• Records were estreated from the original court documents for the appeal.
• The sheriff estreated the recognizance when the conditions were violated.
• Legal fees were estreated according to the court’s judgment.