| 单词 | escheat |
| 释义 | escheat n. & v. hist. --n 1. the reversion of property to the State, or (in feudal law) to a lord, on the owner's dying without legal heirs. 2. property affected by this. --v 1. tr. hand over (property) as an escheat. 2. tr. confiscate. 3. intr. revert by escheat. Etymology: ME f. OF eschete, ult. f. L excidere (as EX-(1), cadere fall) |
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