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escheat
n.
forfeiture of assets, requisition of property
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Escheat
Escheat is a common law doctrine which transfers the property of a person who dies without heirs to the crown or state. It serves to ensure that property is not left in limbo without recognised ownership. It originally applied to a number of situations where a legal interest in land was destroyed by operation of law, so that the ownership of the land reverted to the immediately superior feudal lord.
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escheat
Noun
1. a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs
(hypernym) reversion
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. the property that reverts to the state
(hypernym) transferred property, transferred possession
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Escheat
(v. t.)
To forfeit.
To forfeit.
(v. i.)
To revert, or become forfeited, to the lord, the crown, or the State, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to hold the same, or by forfeiture.
To revert, or become forfeited, to the lord, the crown, or the State, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to hold the same, or by forfeiture.
(n.)
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.
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.
(n.)
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.
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.
(n.)
That which falls to one; a reversion or return
That which falls to one; a reversion or return
(n.)
Lands which fall to the lord or the State by escheat.
Lands which fall to the lord or the State by escheat.
(n.)
A writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the person in possession.
A writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the person in possession.
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