aubaine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The inheritance of the property of an unnaturalized foreigner, in particular in France during feudalism and the Ancien Régime.

Word forms

aubaine

Etymology

From French aubaine, as in droit d'aubaine.

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