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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...
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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...
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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...
- Commons. The
escheator was
originally responsible for the
administration of
escheat /ɪsˈtʃiːt/, a
common law
doctrine that
transfers the real
property of a...
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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...
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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...
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government powers of taxation,
compulsory purchase,
police power, and
escheat, and may also be
limited further by
certain en****brances or conditions...
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without a will, the
property in the
estate vests in the Crown,
called an "
escheat". Both the
federal government and the
provincial government claimed the...
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traced to
Roman law.
Similarly to England,
unclaimed money will
mostly escheat to the
Crown who may then make
further distribution.
Unclaimed property...
- or "chief" rent; a "relief" of one year's quit rent, and the
right of
escheat. In
return for
these privileges, the lord was
liable to
forfeit his rights...
