In 1781, the government, led by Governor Walter Patterson, compulsorily acquired approximately half of the island using a process known as escheat.
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He did state that the cow had been placed there by his lord, so that the latter could get his land as an escheat for felony.
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Under state statutes, known as escheat laws, unclaimed funds must be turned over to the government at varying times, depending on the type of property.
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Most common-law jurisdictions have abolished the concept of feudal land tenure of property, and so the concept of escheat has lost something of its meaning.
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Also existing in a vestigial form is the concept of escheat, under which an estate of a holder without heirs returns to the ownership of the state.
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In 1797, the Escheat Movement was born with the goal of convincing the Crown to acquire land from the proprietors and sell it back to the tenants.
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They used the Law of Escheat to their advantage : Auxois and Duesmois fell into ducal hands through reversion, these feudatories having no heir able to administer them.
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Bracton gives several examples of escheat occurring by a mesne lord ( middle lord in the feudal structure ) : A enfeoffs B at a rent of 10 shillings.
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There was a series of legal claims and counter-claims, with the Crown intervening to try to secure an escheat while the young Elizabeth was still a minor.
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If a person dies intestate with no identifiable next of kin, the person's estate generally escheats ( i . e ., legally reverts ) to the government.
