escheated property

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• Escheat — is a common law doctrine that operates to ensure that property is not left in limbo and ownerless. It originally referred to a number of situations where a legal interest in land was destroyed by operation of law, so that the ownership of the… …   Wikipedia

• escheat — es·cheat 1 /is chēt/ n [Anglo French eschete reversion of property, from Old French escheoite accession, inheritance, from feminine past participle of escheoir to fall (to), befall, ultimately from Latin ex out + cadere to fall] 1: escheated… …   Law dictionary

• escheat — I. noun Etymology: Middle English eschete, from Anglo French, reversion of property, from escheir to fall, devolve, from Vulgar Latin *excadēre, from Latin ex + Vulgar Latin *cadēre to fall, from Latin cadere more at chance Date: 14th century 1.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• caduca — /kad(y)uwka/ In the civil law, property of an inheritable quality; property such as descends to an heir. Also the lapse of a testamentary disposition or legacy. Also an escheat; escheated property …   Black's law dictionary

• caduca — /kad(y)uwka/ In the civil law, property of an inheritable quality; property such as descends to an heir. Also the lapse of a testamentary disposition or legacy. Also an escheat; escheated property …   Black's law dictionary

• Donatory — Don a*to*ry, n. (Scots Law) A donee of the crown; one the whom, upon certain condition, escheated property is made over. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• obreption — The obtaining of anything by false or fraudulent representations; the fraudulent obtaining of escheated property by false representations …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• public escheator — A public officer or public body upon whom rests the duty of bringing actions for escheat or for a sale or conveyance of escheated property. 27 Am J2d Esch § 32 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• res caduca — (Civil law.) A fallen thing; escheated property …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• subreption — The fraudulent securing of escheated property by concealment of the truth …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Bill of attainder — A bill of attainder (also known as an act or writ of attainder) is an act of legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime and punishing them without benefit of a trial. The United States Constitution forbids both the… …   Wikipedia