CESSAVIT PER BIENNIUM

cessavit per biennium (se-say-vit p<<schwa>>r bI-en-ee-<<schwa>>m). [Latin “he ceased for two years”] Hist. A writ of right available to a landlord to recover land from a tenant who has failed to pay rent or provide prescribed services for a two-year period. • The writ could also be used to recover land donated to a religious order if the order has failed to perform certain spiritual services. — Also termed cessavit. [Blacks Law 8th]