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Quod nullius est, est domini regis

regis. Fleta, 1. iii, (That which is the property of nobody belongs to our lord the King.) see ESCHEAT.

Res caduca

Res caduca, means a fallen thing; an escheat, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1308.

Tail

passes to his personal representatives and is liable for his debts. (4) It might have been lost by escheat; by forfeiture for treason or felony (but such forfeiture is now abolished by the Forfeiture Act, 1870); or

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Manor

or remove soil for roads or building purposes, but Manorial Courts have been abolished, the lord's right to escheat has been transferred to the Crown or the Duchy of Lancaster or of Cornwall, rent and other services

Obreption

a sovereign or ecclesiastical authority by fraud, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1104. Obreption, obtaining gift of escheat by false suggestion, Bell's Scots Law Dict

Corruption of blood

the possession of those in his possession, nor transmit them by descent to any heir, but the same escheated to the lord of the fee, subject to the king's superior right of forfeiture, 4 Bl. Com. 388.

Homagio respectuando

Homagio respectuando (respecting of homage), a writ to the escheat or commanding him to deliver seisin of lands to the heir of the king's tenants, notwithstanding his homage

Hereditary revenues

Hereditary revenues. Crown Lands, escheats (see that title), and certain small branches, such as Post Office Profits, enumerated in 1 Anne, c. 1.

Felo de se

of the Burial Service therein contained in the case of those who die 'laying violent hands on themselves,' Escheat or forfeiture for felony is abolished by the (English) Forfeiture Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 23).

Equitable estates and interests

equitable estates to dower, and the (English) Intestates Estate Act, 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c. 71), to escheat. As between the legal and the beneficial owner, equity followed the law, by analogy to the law applicable

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