-
Escheat /ɪsˈtʃiːt/ (from the
Latin excidere for "fall away") is a
common law
doctrine that
transfers the real
property of a
person who has died without...
-
motion the
compulsory acquisition, was
removed from office. In 1797, the
Escheat Movement was born with the goal of
convincing the
Crown to
acquire land...
- post
mortem (abbreviated to Inq.p.m. or i.p.m., and
formerly known as an
escheat) (Latin,
meaning "(inquisition)
after death") is an
English medieval or...
- creditors,
missing intestacy or
testamentary heirs to come
forward before its
escheat to the
government means it can be sold or
leased as a
windfall to the government...
-
government powers of taxation,
compulsory purchase,
police power, and
escheat, and may also be
limited further by
certain en****brances or conditions...
-
chattel property for
which no
disposition had been made by
testament was
escheat to the Crown, or
given to the
Church for
charitable purposes. This law...
- testator) – had no
blood relation. To
ensure that Ray's land
would not
escheat to the Crown, in
March 1860, his
trustees presented a
petition to the Lord...
-
office of Sheriff; as also to
apply to
their own
proper use the
fines and
escheats arising out of the
exercise of the said office."
Despite being burnt by...
-
marriage of the
eldest daughter, and for
ransoming the lord if required);
escheat – the
reversion of the fief to the lord in
default of an heir. In northern...
- only to the crown. When such
lands become ownerless, they are said to
escheat; i.e.
return to
direct ownership of the
Crown (Crown land). Bona vacantia...