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Escheat

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Noun

1. escheat

a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs

2. escheat

the property that reverts to the state

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Escheat

see synonyms of escheat
noun
1. 
(in England before 1926) the reversion of property to the Crown in the absence of legal heirs
2. 
(in feudal times) the reversion of property to the feudal lord in the absence of legal heirs or upon outlawry of the tenant
3. 
the property so reverting
verb
4. 
to take (land) by escheat or (of land) to revert by escheat

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Escheat

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noun Law
1. 
the reverting of property to the lord of the manor (in feudal law), to the crown (in England), or to the government (in the U.S.) when there are no legal heirs
2. 
property so reverting
verb transitive
3. 
to cause to escheat; confiscate
verb intransitive
4. 
to revert or go by escheat

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Escheat

see synonyms of escheat
n.
1. Reversion of land held under feudal tenure to the manor in the absence of legal heirs or claimants.
2. Law
a. Reversion of property to the state in the absence of legal heirs or claimants.
b. Property that has reverted to the state when no legal heirs or claimants exist.
intr. & tr.v. es·cheat·ed, es·cheat·ing, es·cheats
Law
To revert or cause to revert by escheat.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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