escheat

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- \is-ˈchēt, ish-ˈchēt\
- /ɪs.ˈtʃiːt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- \is-ˈchēt, ish-ˈchēt\

Definitions of escheat word

noun escheat The reversion of property to the state, or (in feudal law) to a lord, on the owner’s dying without legal heirs. 1
transitive verb escheat law: revert ownership to state 1
noun escheat (in England before 1926) the reversion of property to the Crown in the absence of legal heirs 0
noun escheat (in feudal times) the reversion of property to the feudal lord in the absence of legal heirs or upon outlawry of the tenant 0
noun escheat the property so reverting 0
verb escheat to take (land) by escheat or (of land) to revert by escheat 0

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Parts of speech for Escheat

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preposition

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exclamation

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escheat popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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