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escheat


2escheat

verb

Definition of ESCHEAT

transitive verb
: to cause to revert by escheat
intransitive verb
: to revert by escheat
— es·cheat·able \-ˈchē-tə-bəl\ adjective

First Known Use of ESCHEAT

14th century

Other Legal Terms

actionable, alienable, carceral, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi

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