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1. (n.) escheat
the reverting of property to the state or, as in England, to the crown when there are no legal heirs.
2. escheat
the right to take property subject to escheat.
3. (v.i.) escheat
(of property) to revert by escheat.
4. (v.t.) escheat
to take or confiscate by escheat.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME eschete < OF eschete, escheoite, fem. ptp. of escheoir < VL *excadēre to fall to a person's share = L ex-ex -1+cadere to fall (VL *cadēre))
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| Definition of 'escheat' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) escheat
a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs
2. (noun) escheat
the property that reverts to the state
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1. (noun) escheat
the falling back or reversion of lands, by some casualty or accident, to the lord of the fee, in consequence of the extinction of the blood of the tenant, which may happen by his dying without heirs, and formerly might happen by corruption of blood, that is, by reason of a felony or attainder
2. (noun) escheat
the reverting of real property to the State, as original and ultimate proprietor, by reason of a failure of persons legally entitled to hold the same
3. (noun) escheat
a writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the person in possession
4. (noun) escheat
lands which fall to the lord or the State by escheat
5. (noun) escheat
that which falls to one; a reversion or return
6. (verb) escheat
to revert, or become forfeited, to the lord, the crown, or the State, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to hold the same, or by forfeiture
7. (verb) escheat
to forfeit
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