Approching, with bold words and bitter threat, / Bad that same boaster, as he mote, on high / To leaue to him that Lady for excheat, / Or bide him battell without further treat.
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Escheat
//ɪsˈt͡ʃiːt//
Synonyms for "escheat" (7 found)
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6 translations across 5 languages.
French
1 entries- déshérence noun (Translations)
Hungarian
1 entries- háramlási jog verb (Translations)
Latin
1 entries- fiscalitas verb (Translations)
Middle English
2 entries- eschete noun (Translations)
- escheten verb (Translations)
Polish
1 entries- kaduk noun (Translations)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
And by my ruines thinkes to make them great: / To make one great by others losse, is bad excheat
Source: wiktionary
Arms are very rigidly controlled in Scotland by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. […] Under an Act of 1592, Lyon King of Arms can escheat to the Sovereign all goods unlawfully displaying arms.
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Failure to perform duties opened the culprit to charges of ‘felony’ (felonia), providing grounds for the king to escheat the fief.
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