Dictionary entry

Aubaine

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Au′baine″ (�), n. [F., fr. aubain an alien, fr. L. alibi elsewhere.] Succession to the goods of a stranger not naturalized. Littré.

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.