escheat
/əsˈt͡ʃiːt/ · noun
Meaning
- The return of property of a deceased person to the state (originally to a feudal lord) where there are no legal heirs or claimants.
- The property so reverted.
- Plunder, booty.
- That which falls to one; a reversion or return.
- To put (land, property) in escheat; to confiscate.
- To revert to a state or lord because its previous owner died without an heir.
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