escheat - Definition and Meaning

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(noun)

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the reversion of property to the state, or (in feudal law) to a lord, on the owner's dying without legal heirs

examples

the Crown's right of escheat was lost

they totally abolished escheats

(verb)

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(of land) revert to a lord or the state by escheat

examples

a private chase which had escheated to the King

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