Editing Lancashire (section)

===Duchy of Lancaster===
{{see also|History of Lancashire}}
The [[Duchy of Lancaster]], the private estate of the sovereign, exercises the right of [[the Crown]] in the County Palatine of Lancaster.<ref name="duchyoflancaster.co.uk">{{cite web |title=County Palatine |url=http://www.duchyoflancaster.co.uk/about-the-duchy/history/county-palatine/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713121602/http://www.duchyoflancaster.co.uk/about-the-duchy/history/county-palatine/ |archive-date=13 July 2017 |access-date=24 August 2015 |work=Duchy of Lancaster |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The most prominent effect of this is that the Duchy administers ''[[bona vacantia]]'' within the County Palatine, receiving the property of persons who die intestate and where the legal ownership cannot be ascertained.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bona Vacantia {{!}} Duchy of Lancaster |url=https://www.duchyoflancaster.co.uk/about-the-duchy/duties-of-the-duchy/bona-vacantia/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=duchyoflancaster.co.uk}}</ref> The county palatine boundaries remain the same as the [[Historic Counties of England|historic boundaries]], ignoring subsequent local government reforms.<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Commons Hansard Debates for 15 Jun 1992 |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199293/cmhansrd/1992-06-15/Writtens-2.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120191520/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199293/cmhansrd/1992-06-15/Writtens-2.html |archive-date=20 November 2017 |access-date=2 September 2017 |work=parliament.uk |df=dmy-all}}</ref>