Escheat

What do we mean by escheat?

Reversion of land held under feudal tenure to the manor in the absence of legal heirs or claimants. noun

Reversion of property to the state in the absence of legal heirs or claimants. noun

Property that has reverted to the state when no legal heirs or claimants exist. noun

To revert or cause to revert by escheat. intransitive & transitive verb

To suffer escheat; revert or fall back by escheat.

To divest of an estate by confiscation: as, he was escheated of his lands in Scotland.

To confiscate; forfeit.

The reverting or falling back of lands or tenements to the lord of the fee or to the state, whether through failure of heirs or (formerly) through the corruption of the blood of the tenant by his having been attainted, or by forfeiture for treason. noun

In England, the place or circuit within which the king or lord is entitled to escheats. noun

A writ to recover escheats from the person in possession. noun

The possessions which fall to the lord or state by escheat. noun

That which falls to one; a reversion or return. noun

To forfeit. transitive verb

The falling back or reversion of lands, by some casualty or accident, to the lord of the fee, in consequence of the extinction of the blood of the tenant, which may happen by his dying without heirs, and formerly might happen by corruption of blood, that is, by reason of a felony or attainder. noun

The reverting of real property to the State, as original and ultimate proprietor, by reason of a failure of persons legally entitled to hold the same. noun

A writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the person in possession. noun

Lands which fall to the lord or the State by escheat. noun

That which falls to one; a reversion or return. noun

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.

If there is money floating around and nobody claims it, the state takes it. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to escheat:
escheat, excheat.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word escheat:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective escheat:
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