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Definition: Aubaine
Aubaine
\Au`baine"\, n. [F., fr. aubain an alien, fr. L. alibi
elsewhere.]
Succession to the goods of a stranger not naturalized.
--Littr['e].
[1913 Webster]
Droit d'aubaine, the right, formerly possessed by the king
of France, to all the personal property of which an alien
died possessed. It was abolished in 1819. --Bouvier.
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