ESCHATOLOGY

(es-ka-; Gr. eschatos, last, and logia, account), in theology, the ‘‘ doctrine respecting the last things,’’ which treats of the millennium, the second advent of Christ, the resurrection, judgment, conflagration of the world, and the final state of the dead. a ESCHEAT, in law, was the term commonly employed te denote are version of lands in default of heirs on the death of the owner intestate. Land, if freehold, escheated to the King, or to the mesne lord; if copyhold, to the lord of the manor. In recent times escheat was rare, for persons owning land as a rule made wills, and even if they did not, some person having the right to take the land was usually found. By the Administration of Estates Act, 1925, escheat is abolished. See DESCENT.