Aubain

The '''''' was a feudal right stipulating that a lord or monarch inherited the property of someone considered to be an outsider, or in , upon their death, as if they lived under servile conditions.

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Seigneurial aubaine
Casual right
Impact and abolition
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The ''' was a feudal right stipulating that a lord or monarch inherited the property of someone considered to be an outsider, or in , upon their death, as if they lived under servile conditions.

According to historian Peter Sahlins, this right was adopted under the Ancien Régime by European sovereigns, particularly in France.