Definition of Escheated. Meaning of Escheated. Synonyms of Escheated

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Definition of Escheated

Escheat
Escheat Es*cheat", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Esheated; p. pr. & vb. n. Escheating.] (Law) To revert, or become forfeited, to the lord, the crown, or the State, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to hold the same, or by forfeiture. Note: In this country it is the general rule that when the title to land fails by defect of heirs or devisees, it necessarily escheats to the State; but forfeiture of estate from crime is hardly known in this country, and corruption of blood is universally abolished. --Kent. --Bouvier.
Escheat
Escheat Es*cheat", v. t. (Law) To forfeit. --Bp. Hall.

Meaning of Escheated from wikipedia

- crown for one year and one day by right of primer seisin after which it escheated to the over-lord who had granted it to the deceased by enfeoffment. From...
- Bishop of Mexico 1528–1548 Succeeded by Alonso de Montúfar Vacant Escheated Title last held by Hernando Medel Encomendero of Ocuituco 1535–1544 Escheated...
- Duchy, part of which had become a fief of the Kingdom of France in 1301, escheated to the crown fully upon the death of its last duke, Stanisław Leszczyński...
- 1609, Scottish and English settlers, known as planters, were given land escheated from the native Irish in the Plantation of Ulster. Coupled with Protestant...
- these would often not be available until the in****bent died and they escheated to the King. In 1337, Philip VI of France confiscated the English king's...
- allies fled Ireland in 1607 in the Flight of the Earls, their lands became escheated to the Crown and the county divisions designed by Perrot were used as...
- managed to defend its possessions, but the Papacy declared the Kingdom escheated because of the disloyalty of the Hohenstaufen. Under this pretext, Manfred...
- July 1737 – 23 February 1766 Predecessor Francis III Stephen Successor Escheated into the Kingdom of France Born (1677-10-20)20 October 1677 Lwów, Polish–Lithuanian...
- normally be punished by judicial execution, with the property left behind escheated to the Crown or lord rather than being inherited by family. The first...
- Philip of Rouvres, "the Duchy of Burgundy, lying within France, therefore escheated to the French crown." This claim is simply untrue; the duchy had been...