Dominion Directum:
Latin: the qualified ownership of a landlord, not having possession or use of property but retaining ownership.
Escheat is based on the Latin principle of dominion directum as was often used in the feudal system when a tenant died without heirs or if the tenant was convicted of a felony.
Where property is returned to the government upon the death of the owner, because there is nobody to inherit the property. Escheat is based on the Latin principle of dominion directum as was often used in the feudal system when a tenant died without ...
 See also: Count, Word, Gift, Condition, Were
  
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