单词 | achete |
释义 | † acheten. Feudal Law. Obsolete. The reversion of property to a lord on the owner's dying without legal heirs; escheat; (also) the right to claim such escheated property. Cf. achete v. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > reversion > [noun] > reversion to lord, king, or state achetea1325 escheatc1380 escheatment1869 a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) x. 63 Te chef lordes lusez hoere achetes. a1325 Statutes of Realm in MS Rawl. B.520 f. 61v (MED) R. þat is chef lord of þe feo..askez þat lond þoru writ of acheitte. a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1906) ii. 395 (MED) With all rightes and clayme that [s]he had or myght have by descent or by a-chete or by ony maner right in all the forsaid londes and tenementis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † achetev. Obsolete. transitive. To escheat (property or goods); to confiscate. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] > by (public) authority achete?a1439 encheata1464 confisk1474 prizea1500 sequestera1513 confiscatea1533 distraina1616 expropriate1875 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iii. l. 3086 The tresour off them & off ther lyne, Achetid was. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 150 Þe kyng..comavnded all his temporal good to be achetid. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 107 Gif he dois, all suld be achet to the lord. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.a1325v.?a1439 |
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