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Last heir
Last heir, he to whom lands came by escheat for want of lawful heirs-that is, in some cases the lord of whom the lands were held, but
Tenure
payments upon succession aids, or contributions to the lord, wardships and marriage of heirs succeeding in infancy and escheat. Grand serjeanty was another species of tenure which some writes think was superior to knight-service, whereby the tenant
Gavelkind
but only of one half so long as he remains unmarried; (3) gavelkind lands were not liable to escheat for felon, the maxim being, 'The father to the bough, the son to the plough,' although they were
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Inquest of Office
Inquest of Office, an inquiry made by the king's officer, his sheriff, coroner, or escheat or, virtute officii, or by writ sent to them for that purpose, or by commissioners specially appointed, concerning
Westminster the First, Statute of
imposed arbitrarily by the barons, and by cities and boroughs; corrects and retrains the power of the king's escheator and other officers; amends the criminal law, putting the crime of rape on the footing to which it
Terra extendenda
Terra extendenda, a writ addressed to an escheator, etc., that he inquire and find out the true yearly value of any land, etc., by the oath
Qude jus
Qude jus, means 'what kind of right'. A writ ordering an escheator to inquire into the extent of a religious person's right to a judgment, before its execution, to make
Quale jus
religion had judgment to recover land, before execution was made of the judgment; it went forth to the escheator between judgment and execution, to inquire what right the religious person had to recover, or whether the judgment
O. Ni
and a debet was set upon his head; where-upon the parties paravaile became debtors to the sheriff or escheator, and discharged against the king, 4 Inst. 116.
Magna Carta
of river-banks, a subject which now forms part of local law. The 17th chapter enacts that:-'No sheriff constable, escheator, coroner, nor any other our bailiffs, shall hold pleas of our Crown.' Pleas of the Crown comprehend the
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