The Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer ( QLTR ), an office held by the Crown Office in Scotland, is responsible for claiming " bona vacantia " on behalf of the Crown in Scotland.
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For assets based in Cornwall and within the traditional boundaries of the county palatine of Lancashire, Farrer & Co solicitors deal with " bona vacantia " on behalf of the Duchy of Cornwall and the Duchy of Lancaster respectively.
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The Crown Agent also holds the office of Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer, and all property that falls to the Crown as a result of bona vacantia in Scotland is his responsibility, as is treasure trove.
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The "'Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer "'is an officer in Scotland who represents the Crown's interests in " bona vacantia ", " ultimus haeres " and treasure trove.
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Both the Duchy of Lancaster and Duchy of Cornwall have special legal rights not available to other estates held by counties palatine, for example, " bona vacantia " operates to the advantage of the Duke rather than the Crown throughout the Duchy.
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Judges and academics disagree over what should happen to the property; possibilities are that it should be held for the donors, that it should be held for the beneficiaries ( as the donors intended to make an irrevocable gift ) or that it should be given to the Crown as " bona vacantia ".
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In the absence of any heir or next of kin, the Crown has the right to property ( other than land ) as " bona vacantia ", and to the land by virtue of the historic land rights of the Crown ( and the Duchy of Cornwall and Duchy of Lancaster in their respective areas ).
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The title cards for the 2008 and later series spell'Heir Hunters'as'H�ir Hunt�rs', using the pound sterling sign as a capital E . In each programme of the first two series three unclaimed estates from Bona Vacantia are mentioned in the hope of information being given by a viewer which could help find an heir or heirs.
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In England and Wales, the possibility of escheat of a deceased person's property to the feudal overlord was abolished by the Administration of Estates Act 1925; however, the concept of Bona vacantia means that the crown ( or Duchy of Cornwall or Duchy of Lancaster ) can still receive such property if no-one else can be found who is eligible to inherit it.
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If the settlor has expressly, or by necessary implication, abandoned any beneficial interest in the trust property, there is in my view no resulting trust : the undisposed-of equitable interest vests in the Crown as bona vacantia : see " In re West Sussex Constabulary's Widows, Children and Benevolent ( 1930 ) Fund Trusts " [ 1971 ] Ch . 1.
