What does DROIT D'ANBAINE mean?

DROIT D'ANBAINE meaning in Law Dictionary

rule wherein all the residential property of a deceased foreigner, whether movable or immovable, wasconfiscated toward use of the state, into exclusion of his heirs, whether claiming abtntcs- tato or under a will of this deceased. Finally abolished in 1819. Opel v. Shoup.100 Iowa, 407. 69 N. W. 560, 37 L. R. A. 5S3.