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ESCHEAT

Volume 2 · 51 words · 1771 Edition

in Scots law, is that forfeiture which is incurred upon a person's being denounced rebel. It is either single or liferent: single escheat is the forfeiture of the rebel's moveable estate; liferent escheat is the forfeiture of the rents of his heritable estate, during his life. See Scots Law, title 12.