2. Verb. (third-person singular of escheat) ¹
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Definition of Escheats
1. escheat [v] - See also: escheat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Escheats
Literary usage of Escheats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"Disappearance of escheats.—The occurrence of escheat is now said to be rare;
owing, partly, to the complete power of testamentary disposition which Is ..."
2. Cases and Opinions on Constitutional Law: And Various Points of English by William Forsyth (1869)
"JOINT OPINION of the Attorney and Solicitor General, SIR JOHN SOMERS and SIR
THOMAS TREVOR, on the Royal Right to escheats in Virginia. No date. ..."
3. A Treatise on the American Law of Administration by John Gabriel Woerner (1899)
"[*302] escheats. § 131. Devolution of Property in Default of Heirs. ... Ward, 10
Gill & J. 443, 450. devisees, it escheats to the State as part a Bouvier, ..."
4. Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure by William Mack, Howard Pervear Nash (1903)
"C. escheats. In some jurisdictions it is provided that all property accruing to
the state from escheats,55 distributive shares of the estates of deceased ..."
5. Opinions of Eminent Lawyers on Various Points of English Jurisprudence by George Chalmers (1858)
"Of tlie royal right of escheats in Virginia, by the Attorney and Solicitor-General,
Somers and Trevor. May it please your most excellent Majesty; ..."
6. Township and Borough: Being the Ford Lectures Delivered in the University of by Frederic William Maitland (1898)
"But if the right to escheats is not conveyed, how about a seignory, and, if there
is no seignory, what of the ownership of the waste ? § 117. ..."
7. The Code of Virginia: With the Declaration of Independence and Constitution by Virginia (1849)
"OF escheats, AND PROPERTY FORFEITED TO THE STATE OH DERELICT. ... Money paid into
treasury for escheats, ¡fc. ; when paid out, or person entitled thereto. ..."
8. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1893)
"Whereas the General Assembly, by their act passed at their last session, entitled "
an act concerning escheats and forfeitures from British Subjects " did ..."
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