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Definitions for Escheat
[1] the reverting of property to the state or some agency of the state, or, as in England, to the lord of the fee or to the crown, when there is a failure of persons legally qualified to inherit or to claim.
[2] the right to take property subject to escheat.
[3] to revert by escheat, as to the crown or the state.
[4] to make an escheat of; confiscate.
[5] (in England before 1926) the reversion of property to the Crown in the absence of legal heirs
[6] (in feudal times) the reversion of property to the feudal lord in the absence of legal heirs or upon outlawry of the tenant
[7] the property so reverting
[8] to take (land) by escheat or (of land) to revert by escheat
Words nearby Escheat
eschalot, eschar, escharotic, escharotomy, eschatology, escheat, escheatage, escheator, escher, escher figure, escher, m. c.
Origin of Escheat
1250–1300; Middle English eschete < Old French eschete, escheoite, feminine past participle of escheoir < Vulgar Latin *excadēre to fall to a person's share, equivalent to Latin ex- ex-1 + cadere to fall (Vulgar Latin cadēre )
Other words from Escheat
es·cheat·a·ble , adjective
un·es·cheat·a·ble , adjective
un·es·cheat·ed , adjective
Word origin for Escheat
C14: from Old French eschete, from escheoir to fall to the lot of, from Late Latin excadere (unattested), from Latin cadere to fall