单词 | escheatment |
释义 | escheatmentn. Forfeiture or lapsing by escheat. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > reversion > [noun] > reversion to lord, king, or state achetea1325 escheatc1380 escheatment1869 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xxiv. 283 On pain of a heavy fine or escheatment. 1919 E. MacNeill Phases Irish Hist. xi. 312 The new grants were not preceded..by..any escheatment or invalidation of the existing contract. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1869 |
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