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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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