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Word: Escheat
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French eschete, based on Latin excidere ‘fall away’, from ex- ‘out of, from’ + cadere ‘to fall’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪsˈtʃiːt
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɛsˈtʃiːt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the reversion of property to the state, or (in feudal law) to a lord, on the owner's dying without legal heirs
Short Definition:allocation of property
Examples:- the Crown's right of escheat was lost
- they totally abolished escheats
Word: Escheat
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪsˈtʃiːt
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɛsˈtʃiːt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of land) revert to a lord or the state by escheat
Short Definition:be given to
Examples:- a private chase which had escheated to the King
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