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escheat Definition


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escheat
noun
    1. formerly
      The handing over of property to the state or a feudal lord in the absence of a legal heir.
    2. Property handed over in this way.
verb escheated, escheating
    intr
    1. Said of property: to be handed over in this way.
    2. To confiscate (property).
Etymology: 14c: from French eschete, from escheoir to fall to someone.



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