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Dictionary Definition of escheated
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escheat noun 1. (formerly) the reversion of land to the feudal lord or the crown in the absence of heirs of the owner. 2. property or a possession which reverts by escheat. 3. the right to take property subject to escheat. -- verb (i) 4. to revert by escheat, as to the crown or the state. -- verb (t) 5. to make an escheat of; confiscate. [ME eschette, from OF, from escheoir fall to one's share, from es- EX-1 + cheoir (from L cadere fall)] -- escheatable, adjective -- escheatment, noun |
