英语词汇“excheat”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

excheat

释义

excheat /eks-chētˈ/ (Spenser)

noun same as escheat

noun

Property that falls to the feudal lord or to the state for lack of an heir or by forfeiture
The reversion of property in this way
Plunder or gain (obsolete; Spenser excheatˈ)

transitive verb

To confiscate

intransitive verb

To fall to the lord of the manor or the state

ORIGIN: OFr eschete, from escheoir (Fr échoir), from L ex from, and cadere to fall

escheatˈable adjective

escheatˈage noun

escheatˈment noun

escheatˈor noun (historical)

An official who watched over escheats

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