DROIT D’AUBAINE

droit d’aubaine

droit d’aubaine (drwah doh-ben), n. [Law French “right of alienage”] Hist. With certain exceptions, a sovereign’s right to a deceased alien’s property, regardless of whether the alien had a will. • This right was primarily exercised in France, where it was revived in some form by Napoleon after its initial abolishment in 1790. It was

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