What is Escheat?
Question and options
What is Escheat?
- Property passing to a distant relative when there is no close heir
- Property goes to Government if nobody is the owner of it
- Seizure of property by a court in execution of a decree
- None of the given options is correct
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B - Property goes to Government if nobody is the owner of it
Escheat is the doctrine under which property passes to the Government when there is no heir or owner to take it. Article 296 of the Constitution vests property accruing by escheat in the State or the Union. Passing to a distant relative is ordinary succession, and seizure under a decree is attachment, not escheat.
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