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Definition of escheat

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Escheat (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..

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Escheatable :: Escheatable (a.) Liable to escheat.

Escheat :: Escheat (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..

Escheat :: Escheat (n.) Lands which fall to the lord or the State by escheat.

Obreption :: Obreption (n.) The obtaining gifts of escheat by fraud or surprise.

Escheator :: Escheator (n.) An officer whose duty it is to observe what escheats have taken place, and to take charge of them..

Escheating :: Escheating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eschea.

Cheater :: Cheater (n.) An escheator.

Caducary :: Caducary (a.) Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation..

Excheat :: Excheat (n.) See Escheat.

Escheat :: Escheat (n.) That which falls to one; a reversion or retur.

Escheat :: Escheat (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..

Escheatage :: Escheatage (n.) The right of succeeding to an escheat.

Escheat :: Escheat (n.) A writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the person in possession..

Excheator :: Excheator (n.) See Escheator.

Escheat :: Escheat (v. t.) To forfeit.

Escheat :: Escheat (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..

Donatory :: Donatory (n.) A donee of the crown; one the whom, upon certain condition, escheated property is made over..