escheatage

noun

escheatage

noun

Etymology From escheat + -age.

1

The right of succeeding to an escheat.

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 Countries1664, James Howell, Proedria-Basilike:

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