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Definitions of escheat in various dictionaries:
noun - a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs
noun - the property that reverts to the state
Reversion of land held under feudal tenure to the manor in the absence of legal heirs or claimants.
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| the reversion of property to the state, or (in feudal law) to a lord, on the owner's dying without legal heirs. |
| The reversion of property to the state, or (in feudal law) to a lord, on the owner's dying without legal heirs. |
| (of land) revert to a lord or the state by escheat. |
| the property that reverts to the state |
| a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs |
| a situation in which property or money becomes the property of the state if the owner dies without a will ( an official statement of what should happen to their property) and without legal heirs ( a person who can receive property or money from someone who dies): |
| property or money for which no owner can be found and for that reason becomes the property of the state: |
| to become the property of the state by escheat: |
| Reversion of land held under feudal tenure to the manor in the absence of legal heirs or claimants. |
| Law Reversion of property to the state in the absence of legal heirs or claimants. |
| Escheat description |
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| Escheat is a common law doctrine that transfers the real property of a person who died without heirs to the Crown or state. It serves to ensure that property is not left in "limbo" without recognized ownership. It originally applied to a number of situations where a legal interest in land was destroyed by operation of law, so that the ownership of the land reverted to the immediately superior feudal lord.* |