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ESCHEAT [2 records]

Record 1 2012-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Estates (common law)
DEF

The reversion of property to the state as the ultimate proprietor of land, by reason of the lack of anyone to inherit it. ("The Canadian Law Dictionary", 1980, p. 136)

CONT

In the event of a person dying intestate leaving no relations, even of the most remote degree, his real property escheats to the Crown.... The common law still largely applies in Canada and escheats to the Crown may still be seen in practice. (Feeney, "The Canadian Law of Wills", 1982, vol. 1, p. 151)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

déshérence : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

By the "Intestates' Estates Act", 1884, s. 4, repealed by the "Administration of Estates Act", 1925, s. 56, it was provided that equitable estates and estates in incorporeal hereditaments (which prior to that Act did not escheat) should be subject to the same law of escheat as legal estates in corporeal hereditaments. (Jowitt's, 2nd ed., 1977 p. 720)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

La forme verbale «escheat» peut se rendre en français par «tomber en déshérence» lorsqu'elle est employée absolument, sans complément, et par «échoir» lorsqu'elle est suivie d'un complément. «Échoir» se construit alors avec la préposition «à».

OBS

échoir; tomber en déshérence : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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