| Escheat (escheat) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Es*cheat" |
| [OE. eschete,
escheyte, an escheat, fr. OF. escheit, escheoit,
escheeite, esheoite, fr. escheoir (F.
échoir) to fall to, fall to the lot of; pref. es-
(L. ex) + che |
The falling back or reversion of lands, by some
casualty or accident, to the lord of the fee, in consequence of the
extinction of the blood of the tenant, which may happen by his dying
without heirs, and formerly might happen by corruption of blood, that
is, by reason of a felony or attainder.
Lands which fall to the lord or the State
by escheat.
That which falls to one; a reversion or
return
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| Escheat (escheat) |
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| v. i. | |
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| Es*cheat" |
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To revert, or become forfeited,
to the lord, the crown, or the State, as lands by the failure of
persons entitled to hold the same, or by forfeiture.
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| Escheat (escheat) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Es*cheat" |
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