Definition of Escheat. Meaning of Escheat. Synonyms of Escheat

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Definition of Escheat

Escheat
Escheat Es*cheat", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Esheated; p. pr. & vb. n. Escheating.] (Law) 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. Note: In this country it is the general rule that when the title to land fails by defect of heirs or devisees, it necessarily escheats to the State; but forfeiture of estate from crime is hardly known in this country, and corruption of blood is universally abolished. --Kent. --Bouvier.
Escheat
Escheat Es*cheat", v. t. (Law) To forfeit. --Bp. Hall.

Meaning of Escheat from wikipedia

- Escheat /ɪsˈtʃiːt/ (from Latin excidere 'fall away') is a common law doctrine that transfers the real property of a person who has died without heirs...
- chattel property for which no disposition had been made by testament was escheat to the Crown, or given to the Church for charitable purposes. This law...
- post mortem (abbreviated to Inq.p.m. or i.p.m., and formerly known as an escheat) (Latin, meaning "(inquisition) after death") is an English medieval or...
- office of Sheriff; as also to apply to their own proper use the fines and escheats arising out of the exercise of the said office." Despite being burnt by...
- Commons. The escheator was originally responsible for the administration of escheat /ɪsˈtʃiːt/, a common law doctrine that transfers the real property of a...
- removed from office in 1786. In 1797, a political movement called the Escheat Movement began. Its goal was to convince the British Crown to take back...
- government powers of taxation, compulsory purchase, police power, and escheat, and may also be limited further by certain en****brances or conditions...
- without a will, the property in the estate vests in the Crown, called an "escheat". Both the federal government and the provincial government claimed the...
- ****umed that an appanage prin****lity was created, Moscow reverted as an escheat to the grand prince of Vladimir. Until 1271, the prin****lity was ruled...
- fealty and escheat. Both these were incidents of socage tenure. Fealty is the obligation of fidelty which the tenant owed to the lord. Escheat was the reversion...