Escheatage

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The right of succeeding to an escheat. countable, uncountable

    "their goods are not subject to droit Aubaine, that is , they do not fall by Escheatage to the King as other strangers goods do in some Countries"

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"their goods are not subject to droit Aubaine, that is , they do not fall by Escheatage to the King as other strangers goods do in some Countries"

Etymology

From escheat + -age.

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