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Simple English definitions for legal terms
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De Escaeta is a legal term that means when a person who owns land dies without any heirs, the land goes back to the lord who originally gave it to them. This is called escheat. Sometimes, if a person dies without a will or any legal heirs, their property can also go back to the state. This is called an heirless estate. In the past, this was a feudal law, but it doesn't exist anymore.