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Escheats – 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…

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骗局, 归还

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Vermijdt, Verbeurdverklaren, Vervallen

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Échappe

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Betrügt

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Escheats

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Esche, Incameramento

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생략, 복귀, 복귀 재산, 몰수하다, 복귀하다

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Конфискация, Выморочное имущество, Становиться выморочным

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Esquiva, Privar de propiedad, Privación 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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Escheats – 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

escheat

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 - all meanings in English

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