The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Besaiel \Be*saiel"\, Besaile \Be*saile"\, Besayle \Be*sayle"\,
   n. [OF. beseel, F. bisa["i]eul, fr. L. bis twice + LL.
   avolus, dim. of L. avus grandfather.]
   1. A great-grandfather. [Obs.]
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   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.
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