Escheat - English meaning

Escheat – definitions in English dictionary

noun
The reversion of property to the state, or (in feudal law) to a lord, on the owner's dying without legal heirs.
Usage examples:
The crown's right of escheat was lost

verb
(of land) revert to a lord or the state by escheat.
Usage examples:
A private chase which had escheated to the king

noun
A situation in which property or money becomes the property of the state if the owner dies without a will (= an official statement of what should happen to their property) and without legal heirs (= a person who can receive property or money from someone who dies)
Usage examples:
Whatever land is not actually owned by the public authority may be transferred to it by escheat., a…

Escheat translation into English

Escheat: translate from English into Chinese

归还

Escheat: translate from English into Dutch

Ontwijken, Verbeurdverklaren, Vervallen

Escheat: translate from English into French

Échapper

Escheat: translate from English into German

Betrügen

Escheat: translate from English into Hindi

बचकाना, राजगामी होना, लावारिस राजगामी संपत्ति

Escheat: translate from English into Italian

Incameramento

Escheat: translate from English into Korean

복귀, 복귀 재산, 몰수하다, 복귀하다

Escheat: translate from English into Russian

Выморить, Выморочное имущество, Становиться выморочным

Escheat: translate from English into Spanish

Privación de propiedad, Privar de propiedad

Word origin

Middle English: from Old French eschete, based on Latin excidere ‘fall away’, from ex- ‘out of, from’ + cadere ‘to fall’.

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Escheat – similar words

escheating

verb
(of land) revert to a lord or the state by escheat.
Usage examples:
A private chase which had escheated to the king

noun
The reversion of property to the state, or (in feudal law) to a lord, on the owner's dying without legal heirs.
Usage examples:
The crown's right of escheat was lost

noun
A situation in which property or money becomes the property of the state if the owner dies without a will (= an official statement of what should happen to their property) and without legal heirs (= a person who can receive property or money from someone who dies)
Usage examples:
Whatever land is not actually owned by the public authority may be transferred to it by escheat., a…

Escheating - all meanings in English

escheated

verb
(of land) revert to a lord or the state by escheat.
Usage examples:
A private chase which had escheated to the king

noun
The reversion of property to the state, or (in feudal law) to a lord, on the owner's dying without legal heirs.
Usage examples:
The crown's right of escheat was lost

noun
A situation in which property or money becomes the property of the state if the owner dies without a will (= an official statement of what should happen to their property) and without legal heirs (= a person who can receive property or money from someone who dies)
Usage examples:
Whatever land is not actually owned by the public authority may be transferred to it by escheat., a…

Escheated - all meanings in English

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