Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "McKinley, William" to "Magnetism, Terrestrial" Volume 17, Slice 3

Chapter XXXII. says that the lands of convicted felons shall be handed

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over to the lords of such lands and not kept by the king beyond a year and a day. In cases of treason the king had a right to the forfeited lands, but he was not allowed to establish a similar right in cases of felony.