{ Be*saiel", Be*saile", Be*sayle" (?) },
n. [OF. beseel, F. bisaïeul, fr. L.
bis twice + LL. avolus, dim. of L. avus grandfather.]
1.A great-grandfather. [Obs.]
2.(Law)A kind of writ which formerly lay
where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the
day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This
is now abolished.Blackstone.