Escaeta
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. I.
In old English law. An escheat. Esc%t% vulgo dicuntur quae, decedentibus Ms qui de rege tenant in capite, cum non extat ratione sanguinis haeres, ad flscum relabuntur: those things are commonly called escheats, which, on the death of the king's tenants in capite, without heirs of blood, revert to the iisc, or treasury.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
/. An escheat. Escaetor: the escheator. v. De.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Escceta. L. Lat.
In old English law. An escheat. Spdm^n. Bract. fol. 30. See Escheat. The falling of a material object, as a tree; the appendages of a tree felled or cut down. Cart, ex Reg. Eccl. Norwic. cited in Cowell. See Escheat. ESCH^TOR, Escmtor. L. Lat. An escheator. Spelman. See Escheator.