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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Escheat \Es*cheat"\, n. [OE. eschete, escheyte, an escheat, fr.
OF. escheit, escheoit, escheeite, esheoite, fr. escheoir (F.
['e]choir) to fall to, fall to the lot of; pref. es- (L. ex)
+ cheoir, F. choir, to fall, fr. L. cadere. See Chance, and
cf. Cheat.]
1. (Law)
(a) (Feud. & Eng. Law) The falling back or reversion of
lands, by some casualty or accident, to the lord of
the fee, in consequence of the extinction of the blood
of the tenant, which may happen by his dying without
heirs, and formerly might happen by corruption of
blood, that is, by reason of a felony or attainder.
--Tomlins. --Blackstone.
(b) (U. S. Law) The reverting of real property to the
State, as original and ultimate proprietor, by reason
of a failure of persons legally entitled to hold the
same.
[1913 Webster]
Note: A distinction is carefully made, by English writers,
between escheat to the lord of the fee and forfeiture
to the crown. But in this country, where the State
holds the place of chief lord of the fee, and is
entitled to take alike escheat and by forfeiture, this
distinction is not essential. --Tomlins. Kent.
(c) A writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the
person in possession. --Blackstone.
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2. Lands which fall to the lord or the State by escheat.
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3. That which falls to one; a reversion or return
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To make me great by others' loss is bad escheat.
--Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Escheat \Es*cheat"\, v. t. (Law)
To forfeit. --Bp. Hall.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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.
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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.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Escheat \Es*cheat"\, n. [OE. eschete, escheyte, an escheat, fr.
OF. escheit, escheoit, escheeite, esheoite, fr. escheoir (F.
['e]choir) to fall to, fall to the lot of; pref. es- (L. ex)
+ cheoir, F. choir, to fall, fr. L. cadere. See Chance, and
cf. Cheat.]
1. (Law)
(a) (Feud. & Eng. Law) The falling back or reversion of
lands, by some casualty or accident, to the lord of
the fee, in consequence of the extinction of the blood
of the tenant, which may happen by his dying without
heirs, and formerly might happen by corruption of
blood, that is, by reason of a felony or attainder.
--Tomlins. --Blackstone.
(b) (U. S. Law) The reverting of real property to the
State, as original and ultimate proprietor, by reason
of a failure of persons legally entitled to hold the
same.
Note: A distinction is carefully made, by English writers,
between escheat to the lord of the fee and forfeiture
to the crown. But in this country, where the State
holds the place of chief lord of the fee, and is
entitled to take alike escheat and by forfeiture, this
distinction is not essential. --Tomlins. Kent.
(c) A writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the
person in possession. --Blackstone.
2. Lands which fall to the lord or the State by escheat.
3. That which falls to one; a reversion or return
To make me great by others' loss is bad escheat.
--Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Escheat \Es*cheat"\, v. t. (Law)
To forfeit. --Bp. Hall.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
escheat
n 1: a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property)
in the absence of legal heirs
2: the property that reverts to the state
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
escheat
n.
1 (lb en legal) 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 (lb en legal) The property so reverted.
3 (lb en obsolete) plunder, booty.
4 That which falls to one; a reversion or return.
vb.
(lb en transitive) To put (land, property) in escheat; to
confiscate.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
escheat
n.
1 (lb en legal) 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 (lb en legal) The property so reverted.
3 (lb en obsolete) plunder, booty.
4 That which falls to one; a reversion or return.
vb.
(lb en transitive) To put (land, property) in escheat; to
confiscate.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
escheat
n.
1 (lb en legal) 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 (lb en legal) The property so reverted.
3 (lb en obsolete) plunder, booty.
4 That which falls to one; a reversion or return.
vb.
(lb en transitive) To put (land, property) in escheat; to
confiscate.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
escheat
n.
1 (lb en legal) 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 (lb en legal) The property so reverted.
3 (lb en obsolete) plunder, booty.
4 That which falls to one; a reversion or return.
vb.
(lb en transitive) To put (land, property) in escheat; to
confiscate.
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
escheat
Englanti n.
(yhteys laki k=en) omaisuuden siirtyminen valtiolle tai kruunulle,
jos henkilöllä ei kuoltuaan ole perijää
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Escheat /ˈɛʃiːt/
الإستيراث
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
escheat /ˈɛʃiːt/
zabavit majetek
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
escheat /ˈɛʃiːt/
zkonfiskovat
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
escheat /ˈɛʃiːt/
Rückfall , Heimfall von Gütern/Rechten [jur.]
Note: an den Staat/Rechtsinhaber
"escheat of inheritance" - Erbschaftsanfall an den Staat
Synonym: reversion of property/rights
see: leasehold reversion
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
escheat /ˈɛʃiːt/
rückgefallenes Gut , rückgefallenes Recht , heimgefallenes Gut , Heimfallsgut [jur.]
Synonyms: escheated property, escheated estate
see: escheated inheritance
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
escheat /ˈɛʃiːt/
1. (huk.) mirasçısız ölen kimsenin emlâkinin devlete geçişi, bu şekilde intikal eden mülk, mahlul mülk. by way ofescheat mahlulen, mirasçısı olmayan bir kimseden (huk.)umete kalarak.
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
escheat /ˈɛʃiːt/
1. (huk.) zor alımına çarptırmak müsadere etmek, zeamet sahibine vermek
2. devlete kalmak, mahlul olmak. escheator mahlul mallar memuru.
From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) : [ bouvier ]
ESCHEAT, title to lands. According to the English law, escheat denotes an
obstruction of the course of descent, and a consequent determination of the
tenure, by some unforeseen contingency; in which case the land naturally
results back, by a kind of reversion, to the original grantor, or lord of
the fee.. 2 Bl. Com. 244.
2. All escheats, under the English law, are declared to be strictly
feudal, and to import the extinction of tenure. Wright on Ten. 115 to 117; 1
Wm. Bl. R. 123.
3. But as the feudal tenures do not exist in this country, there are no
private persons who succeed to the inheritance by escheat. The state steps
in, in the place of the feudal lord, by virtue of its sovereignty, as the
original and ultimate proprietor of all the lands within its jurisdiction. 4
Kent, Com. 420. It seems to be the universal rule of civilized society, that
when the deceased owner has left no heirs, it should vest in the public, and
be at the disposal of the government. Code, 10, 10, 1; Domat, Droit Pub.
liv. 1, t. 6, s. 3, n. 1. Vide 10 Vin. Ab. 139; 1 Bro. Civ. Law, 250; 1
Swift's Dig. 156; 2 Tuck. Blacks. 244, 245, n.; 5 Binn. R. 375; 3 Dane's Ab.
140, sect. 24; Jones on Land Office Titles in Penna. 5, 6, 93. For the rules
of the Roman Civil Law, see Code Justinian, book 10.
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 重还;归还;没收;收回
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