escheter (1260)
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escheter (1260)

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  FEW:  *excadere 3,262b Gdf:  escheoiter 3,384c GdfC: ∅ TL: eschëoiter 3,883 DEAF:  escheoir (escheter)  DMF:  échoiter  TLF: ∅ OED:  escheat v.  MED:  escheten v.  DMLBS:  escaëtare 800b
escheiter  

v.a.

1 to escheat, revert (land, property, etc.) to the king: 
( 1430-31 )  lez biens et chateux de tiel testatour [...] estoient seisez et eschetez es mayns [...] le roy  iv 378

v.n.

1lawto escheat, revert to the king: 
( 1260; MS: c.1300 )  ele perdreit le heritage, si escheiteit (l. escheitereit)  123
( 1311 )  Plus tost eschetereit al seignur qe resortireit al sank le pere  Ed II xi 12
eschair  eschete  escheterie  eschetur 
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