escheat

/ɪsˈtʃit/
/ɪsˈtʃit/
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Other forms: escheats

Definitions of escheat
  1. noun
    a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs
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    type of:
    reversion
    (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee)
  2. noun
    the property that reverts to the state
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    type of:
    transferred possession, transferred property
    a possession whose ownership changes or lapses
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