| 词汇 | escheat |
| 释义 | escheat noun[ U ] LAW, PROPERTYuk /esˈtʃiːt/us a situation in which property or money becomes the property of the state if the owner dies without a will (= an official statement of what should happen to their property) and without legal heirs (= a person who can receive property or money from someone who dies): Whatever land is not actually owned by the public authority may be transferred to it by escheat. property or money for which no owner can be found and for that reason becomes the property of the state: Abandoned financial property, known as escheat, is one of the state's largest revenue sources escheat verb[ T ] LAW, PROPERTYuk /esˈtʃiːt/us to become the property of the state by escheat: escheat to sthBecause Thompson died without having made a will, his property escheats to the state. Examples of escheatescheat Other sources of income were zakat, customs, salt tax, khums, mint, currency, jiziya, escheats, presents, octroi, tolls and tributes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. An escheat of the land (a reclamation of the land by the overlord) would allow the owner to take control of the land. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Instead of enjoying the land by escheat, he will only receive a trifling rent. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Malden reveals the legal term then used, one still used today, escheat. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Specific exceptions to the general rule of federal preemption exist such as some contract law, escheat law, and insurance law. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Since disavowal of a feudal bond was considered a felony, lords could escheat land from those who refused to be true to their feudal services. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It was not a form of escheat, which was an extinguishment of a tenure. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The castle fell into escheat during the 19th century. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The great lords gained by ending the practice of subinfeudation with its consequent depreciation of escheat, wardship and marriage. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This fact is material when, for example, property has been disclaimed by its erstwhile owner, in which case the law of escheat applies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Out of the feudal tenures or holdings sprung certain rights and incidents, among those which were fealty and escheat. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Upon his death the land devolved upon his eldest son or, if he died without leaving an heir, the land would escheat to his overlord. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This was the basic operation of an escheat (excadere), a failure of heirs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. If he did not comply with the law, the gift became "caducum" (subject to escheat). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is important to understand that such a tenure did not escheat, even temporarily, to the crown pending the re-enfeoffment of the heir. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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