Escheator

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Escheat
Escheat is a common law doctrine that operates to ensure that property is not left in limbo and ownerless. It originally referred to a number of situations where a legal interest in land was destroyed by operation of law, so that the ownership of the land reverted to the immediately superior feudal lord.
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Escheator
(n.)
An officer whose duty it is to observe what escheats have taken place, and to take charge of them.
  

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Escheator
The shire officer, in England, who was responsible for the administration of land grants and feudal rights relating to land and fiefdom.

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