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escheatable
Variant of escheat
noun
- the reverting of property to the lord of the manor (in feudal law), to the crown (in England), or to the government (in the U.S.) when there are no legal heirs
- property so reverting
transitive verb
to cause to escheat; confiscate
intransitive verb
to revert or go by escheat
Related Forms:
- escheatable adjective
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