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Definitions and Meaning of escheat in English
escheat (n)
a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs
the property that reverts to the state
escheat (n.)
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.
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.
A writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the person in possession.
Lands which fall to the lord or the State by escheat.
That which falls to one; a reversion or return
escheat (v. i.)
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.
escheat (v. t.)
To forfeit.
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escheat
a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs, the property that reverts to the stateThe falling back or reversion
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eschaunge => exchange, eschaton => eschaton, eschatology => eschatology, eschatologist => Eschatologist, eschatologically => eschatologically,
