liferent escheat
now historical
noun
Forfeiture of the profits of a property (real or personal) accruing during the owner's lifetime; opposed to simple escheat: see escheat.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Acts of Parliament of Scotland.
- customs union
- custos rotulorum
- custumal
- cut
- cut a caper
- cut a dash
- cut a deal
- cut-and-come-again
- cut-and-cover
- cut and dried
- cut and paste
- cut and run
- cut and shut
- cut and thrust
- cutaneous
- cut a (or the) ribbon
- cut a (or the) rug
- cut a swathe through
- cut a tooth
- cutaway
- cut a wide swath
- cut a —— figure
- cutback
- cut both ways
- proclitic