ESCHEAT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The property that reverts to the state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("escheat" is a kind of...):

transferred possession; transferred property (a possession whose ownership changes or lapses)

Meaning:

A reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("escheat" is a kind of...):

reversion ((law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee))

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)