- escheat, writ of
- A writ which anciently lay for a lord, to recover possession of lands that had escheated to him
Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
escheat, writ of
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escheat, writ of — A writ which anciently lay for a lord, to recover possession of lands that had escheated to him … Black's law dictionary
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writ of escheat — A writ which anciently lay for a lord, to recover possession of lands that had escheated to him … Black's law dictionary
writ of escheat — A writ which anciently lay for a lord, to recover possession of lands that had escheated to him … Black's law dictionary
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