A measure of corn. Cowell.Eschaeta derivatnr a verbo Gallico eschoir, quod est accidere, quia accidit domino exeventu et ex insperato. Co.Litt. 93. Escheat is derived from the French word “eschoir,” which signifies to happen,because it falls to the lord from an event and from an unforeseen circumstance.Eschaetse vulgo dicuntur quae deci- dentibus iis quae de rege tenent, cum nonexistit ratione sanguinis lucres, ad fiscum relabuntur. Co. Litt. 13. Those things arecommonly called “escheats” which revert to the exchequer from a failure of issue inthose who hold of the king, when there does not exist any heir by consanguinity .
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