"De Escatta" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL
writ of escheat. A writ which a lord had, where hls tenant died with-out heir, to recover the land. Reg. orig. 164b; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 143, 144, E
I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.
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An off-duty police officer, familiar with radar guns,drove through a school zone within the legal speed limitwhen the flash of a camera went off, taking a picture ofhis license plate.The officer, thinking the radar was in error, drove by again;even more slowly. Another flash. He did it again for a thirdtime, at an even slower speed. Same result."This guy must have screwed up the settings," the off-dutyofficer thought.A few weeks later, when he received the violations in the mail,he discovered three traffic tickets:Each for not wearing a seat belt!
A writ, now obsolete, dlrected to the king’s escheators when any of the king's tenants in capite dies, and when …
Read the complete definitionA writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the person in possession.
Read the complete definitionLat In old Engllsh practice. A writ which lay where an inqnl-sltlon had been made by an escheator in any …
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