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2754. ESCHEAT, Bank charter and.—[continued].

All the property, real
and personal, within the Commonwealth [of
Virginia], belonging * * * to any British
subject, * * * shall be deemed to be
vested in the Commonwealth, the real estate
by way of escheat, and the personal estate by
forfeiture.—
Escheats and Forfeitures Bill. Ford ed., ii, 184.
(May. 1779)