Definition and Citations:
Writ of escheat. A writ which a lord had, where his tenant died without heir, to recover the laud. Reg. Orig. 1046; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 143, 144, E.
Writ of escheat. A writ which a lord had, where his tenant died without heir, to recover the laud. Reg. Orig. 1046; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 143, 144, E.