Escheat /ɪsˈtʃiːt/ (from the Latin excidere for "fall away") is a common law doctrine that transfers the real property of a person who has died without...

motion the compulsory acquisition, was removed from office. In 1797, the Escheat Movement was born with the goal of convincing the Crown to acquire land...

chattel property for which no disposition had been made by testament was escheat to the Crown, or given to the Church for charitable purposes. This law...

post mortem (abbreviated to Inq.p.m. or i.p.m., and formerly known as an escheat) (Latin, meaning "(inquisition) after death") is an English medieval or...

without heirs, the property in the estate vests in the Crown, called an "escheat". Both the federal government and the provincial government claimed the...

office of Sheriff; as also to apply to their own proper use the fines and escheats arising out of the exercise of the said office." Despite being burnt by...

government powers of taxation, compulsory purchase, police power, and escheat, and may also be limited further by certain encumbrances or conditions...

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traced to Roman law. Similarly to England, unclaimed money will mostly escheat to the Crown who may then make further distribution. Unclaimed property...

creditors, missing intestacy or testamentary heirs to come forward before its escheat to the government means it can be sold or leased as a windfall to the government...