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escheated, ppl. a.|ɛsˈtʃiːtɪd|
Also 6 Sc. escheit.
[f. as prec. + -ed.]
Of land, etc.: That has reverted by escheat to the superior lord, the king, or the state.
1551Sc. Acts, Mary c. 7 The saidis escheit gudis. 1607Davies 1st Let. Earl Salisb. (1787) 233 To enquire of all escheated and concealed lands in that county. 1623Sir T. Crew in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1659) I. 118 You have made these ample Endowments of Churches out of your own Excheated Revenue. 1860Forster Gr. Remonstr. 30 The lesser proprietors whom grants of escheated honours might newly have created. |