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aubaine, n. [F., fr. aubain an alien, fr. L. alibi elsewhere.].

Succession to the goods of a stranger not naturalized. Littr'82. [1913 Webster]

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.

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