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escheats

We have found lemma(root) word of escheats : escheat.

Definitions

[ɛsˈtʃiːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the reversion of property to the state, or (in feudal law) to a lord, on the owner's dying without legal heirs
(e.g: the Crown's right of escheat was lost)

Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French eschete, based on Latin excidere ‘fall away’, from ex- ‘out of, from’ + cadere ‘to fall’

[ɛsˈtʃiːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of land) revert to a lord or the state by escheat
(e.g: a private chase which had escheated to the King)

Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French eschete, based on Latin excidere ‘fall away’, from ex- ‘out of, from’ + cadere ‘to fall’

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