Annum diem et vastum

ANNUM DIEM ET VASTUM, English law. The title which the king acquires in land, when a party, who held not of the king, is attainted of felony. He acquires the power not only to take the profits for a full year, but to waste and demolish houses, and to extirpate woods and trees.
     2. This is but a chattel interest.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.