1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ESCHEAT (O. Fr. eschete, from escheoir, to fall to one's share; Lat. excidere, to fall out), in English law, the reversion of lands to the next lord on the failure of heirs of the tenant. " When the tenant of an estate in fee simple dies without having alienated his estate in his lifetime or by his will, and without leaving any heirs either lineal or collateral, the lands in which he held his estate escheat, as it is called, to the lord of whom he held them " (Williams on the Law of Real Property). This rule is exp…
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