escheat
/ษsหtอกสiหt/IPA: /EH1 SH IY0 T/
noun
- 1
The return of property of a deceased person to the state (originally to a feudal lord) where there are no legal heirs or claimants.
- 2
The property so reverted.
- 3
Plunder, booty.
- 4
That which falls to one; a reversion or return.
verb
- 1
To put (land, property) in escheat; to confiscate.
- 2
To revert to a state or lord because its previous owner died without an heir.
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