DE LA PLUS BELLE

de la plus belle (d<<schwa>> lah ploo bel), adj.[Law French] Hist. Of the  most fair. • This

term described a form of dower assigned out of the husband’s best tenements. The term was used

in military tenures but was abolished by St. 12 Car. 2, ch. 24. — Also termed de la pluis beale. [Blacks Law 8th]