Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Estreat \Es*treat"\, n. [OF. estraite, prop., an extract, fr. p.
   p. of estraire to extract, F. extraire, fr. L. extrahere. See
   {Extract}.] (Law)
   A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or
   record, esp. of amercements or penalties set down in the
   rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer.
   --Cowell.

   {Estreat of a recognizance}, the extracting or taking out a
      forfeited recognizance from among the other records of the
      court, for the purpose of a prosecution in another court,
      or it may be in the same court. --Burrill.