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eschete (1260)
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The form escaete is a cross reference to the following entry:

eschete (1260)

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eschet,  escheet,  eschette;  eschaet,  eschaete,  eschaette;  eschaite,  escheite;  eschiete,  eschite,  eschoit;  escaete,  escete;  echete,  exchete  (aschete)  
  FEW:  *excadere 3,262b Gdf:  escheoit 3,383c / escheoite 3,384a GdfC: ∅ TL: eschëoit 3,883 / eschëoite 3,883 DEAF:  escheoir (escheoit)  / escheoir (escheoite)  DMF:  échoite  TLF: ∅ OED:  escheat n.  MED:  eschete n.  DMLBS:  escaëta 800a

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1left-over, scrap: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  les plus febles porcs seient [...] sustenuz de eschetes tant cum forte geleye dure  284.c59
♦waste: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  i vaut meuz de aver un poy de eschete de gerner ke taunt perdre par an  290.c74
2lawescheat, reversion of land to the king or lord upon forfeiture or when a tenant dies without heirs: 
( c.1285; MS: c.1297 )  seneschaus generaus de pays, et bailifs ke l’en envoie pur eschaites  63
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  [...] touz ceux a queus terre ou tenement escheit [...] par eschete, lequel qe ele cheite (var. (M: s.xivin) eschiete) par defaute de saunc ou par forfeture  ii 316
( 1355 )  sa dite femme [...] dount les biens et chateux susditz sount devenus en vos mayns come par eschete  489
♦lawproperty escheated: 
( 1293 )  q’il puis vivere come fitz le roi de les eschetes qi resonablement deyvent demorer au roy  i 123
( 1416 )  rentes, services et reversiones, offices, fees des chivalers [...] eschetes [...]  iv 100
bref de eschete
lawwrit of escheat: 
( 1260; MS: s.xiii3/3 )  Nul home ne puet porter bref de eschete si le tenement ke il demande ne seit tenu de ly  79
( 1337 )  Un W. porta son bref d’eschete vers J. et M., sa femme, et demanda certain tenementz  11-12 Ed III 5

See also:

eschair  escheter  escheterie  eschetur 
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