Look up: escheat

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   Escheat
   In feudal tenure, escheat is a reversion of land to the lord, for want of a tenant qualified to perform the services.
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   escheat
   [n] - a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs 2. [n] - the property that reverts to the state
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   escheat
   In feudal society, the reversion of lands to the lord in the event of the tenant dying without heirs or being convicted for treason. By the late Middle Ages in Western Europe, tenants had insured...
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   escheat
   the reversion of property to the state in event the owner thereof dies leaving no will and having no legally qualified heir to whom the property may pass by lawful descent Category: Law
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   Escheat
   When the ownership of a property reverts to the state when an owner dies not leaving a will.
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   Escheat
   Es·cheat' noun [ Middle English eschete , escheyte , an escheat, from Old French escheit , escheoit , escheeite , esheoite , from escheoir (F. échoir ) to fall to, fall to the lot of; prefix es- (L. ex ) + cheoir , French choir , to fall, from Latin cadere . See Chance , and confer Cheat
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   Escheat
   Es·cheat' intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Esheated ; present participle & verbal noun 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. » In this country it is the general rule that when th ...
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   Escheat
   Es·cheat' transitive verb (Law) To forfeit. Bp. Hall.
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   escheat
   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. ... 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 ...
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    escheat
    noun a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs
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    Escheat
    `Escheat` is a common law doctrine that operates to ensure that property is not left in limbo and ownerless. It originally referred to a number of situations where a legal interest in land was destroyed by operation of law, so that the ownership of the land reverted to the immediately superior feudal lord. Most common-law jurisdictions have abolished the concept of feudal tenure of property, and so the concept of escheat has lost something of i...
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    Escheat
    Reversion of monies or securities to the state in which the securityholder was last known to reside, when no claim by the securityholder has been made after a certain period of time fixed by state law. This is known as the holding period or cut-off date.
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    Escheat
    • (n.) A writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the person in possession. • (v. t.) To forfeit. • (n.) 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. • (n.) Lands which fall to the lord or the State by escheat. • (...
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    escheat
    in feudal English land law, the return or forfeiture to the lord of land held by his tenant. There were generally two conditions by which land would ... [3 related articles]
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    Escheat
    A legal word that describes the situation where property transfers to the ownership of the state government because there are no legal inheritors to claim it.
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