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Escheat

numerous statutes from 29 edw 1 by which officers called escheators were authorized to hold such inquiries if differed from a

there are no heirs vt to cause to revert by escheat vi to revert by escheat es 183 cheat 183 able

escheator fr escaetor lat an officer anciently appointed by the lord

cheaters or escheators were officers appointed to look after the king s escheats

liable to escheat

an officer whose duty it is to observe what escheats have taken place and to take charge of them

single escheat when all a person s moveables fall to the crown

were descent to the heirs of an intestate owner and escheat see escheat for want of heirs by the administration of

local law the 17th chapter enacts that no sheriff constable escheator coroner nor any other our bailiffs shall hold pleas of

escheat to the crown of a bastard s property see escheat sub ss 1 and 2 of s 9 of the

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