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Cornwall, Duke of

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failure, natural or legal, of the intestate tenant's family. Escheat to the Crown, the Duchy of Lancaster, the Duke of Cornwall and to mesne lords has been abolished by (English) Administration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 45(1). The

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Bona vacantia

and (1933) 2 Ch 29. As to the rights of the Crown, the Duchy of Lancaster or the Duke of Cornwall to bona vacantia, see (English) Administration of Estates Act 1925, ss. 45 and 46, and ESCHEAT. And

Fee-simple

exceptions, and escheat was replaced by certain rights conferred on the Crown, the Duchy of Lancaster or the Duke of Cornwall to the exclusion of the rights (if any) of mesne lords. (A.E. Act, 1925, s. 46) The

Latin information

Latin information. The name of an information and action by the Crown, the Duchy of Lancaster or the Duke of Cornwall in the nature of civil proceedings to recover debt or damages for a tort or otherwise, see

Prince of Wales

if so created. He is the heir-apparent to the Crown; he is created Earl of Chester, and is Duke of Cornwall by inheritance (during the life of the sovereign), without any new creation. See Letters of Queen Victoria,

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