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Eschete, Escheit, v. Also: eschet(t, esshete, eshet; escheitt, esheit(t; eschaete, -ait, -att, escheat. [ME. eschete (Wyclif), OF. eschaeter.] tr. To take or confiscate as an escheat.(a) 1439 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 6.
Quhom thai find trespassand agains this ordinance … salbe pvnist and the gudes eschetit anent the byare
1456 Hay I. 160/10.
Gif the kingis men of Fraunce may … eschete thare gudis that dois na man scathe
1495 Acta Conc. 417/2.
Our souerane lord micht haf eschettit the said schip elikwise
1508 Reg. Privy S. I. 241/2.
That ȝe eschet the saidis catall and gudis, bowis, hundis and rachis … to our use
1533 Boece xii. vi. 464.
Makbeth … eschete all his gudis
1621 Acts IV. 603/2.
Giff they faill at the bypassing of everie ane of the saidis termes to denunce and eschete [etc.]
(b) 1521 Fife Sheriff Ct. 215.
To escheit al thar movable gudis to our Souerane lordis wse
1567 Peebles B. Rec. 306.
That the officaris of the burgh … sall escheit thair wairklumis
a1578 Pitsc. I. 53/3.
To inbring all thair movabillis to the kingis wse, quhilkis war escheitit
1596 Dalr. II. 157/23.
The Duke escheited his patrimonie and al his gudes
1652 Peebles B. Rec. II. 5.
To … escheitt the goodes and geir of unfriemen exerceing merchandice
(c) 1510 Reg. Privy S. I. 326/2.
With power to eschaete all custumable gudis passin furth of the realme uncustumate
1549 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 270.
It salbe lesum to the said bailȝeis … to eschait and daill the same [breid] to the purale
1555 Peebles B. Rec. 225.
Gif ewill meill and gud meill be found in ane sek, … to eschaet the samin at the baillies will
1597 Elgin Rec. II. 53.
Under the payne of paying of 20 s. … and the geir to be eschattit

b. As a past pple. = Escheated; subjected to escheat.In some contexts not clearly distinguishable from Eschete,n. (in sense 1) used predicatively.(a) 1444 Aberd. B. Rec. I. ii.
Under the payne of viij s. unforgivin, alsoft as thai be taynte and esshete
1493 Edinb. Chart. 173.
That lettres be gevin to summond the said persounis to here the saidis gudis vnenterit be thame to be declarit eschete
1512 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 82.
The thrid tyme the clathis to be eschet
1533 Bell. Livy I. 120/31.
Becaus he sufferit all his gudis and landis to pass as eschete and confiscate to the king
1549 Ann. Banff I. 27.
The gudes to be eschett or cassing our the craig
1555 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 228.
Quheit … ground at ony other mylnis … to be eschete to the firmorar
(b) 1535 Stewart 13886.
That all his gude sould escheit be to the King
1546 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 233.
The haill breid fundin with him for the time to be escheit and destrinit
1552 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 169.
All vther gudis being in the said schip to be escheit to the townis vse
1583 Ib. IV. 306.
The stufe grund owt … sall be escheitt
1623 Misc. Spald. C. V. 222.
Quhairwpoun dome was giwin, and ordeanit his haill guids and geir to be escheit to the laird
(c) 1663 Decis. Lords G. 51.
Only his moveables by the Act of Adjournal were ordained to be escheat

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