(law) The return of property of a deceased person to the state (originally to a feudal lord) where there are no legal heirs or claimants. / (law) The property so reverted. / (obsolete) Plunder, booty.

(transitive) To put (land, property) in escheat; to confiscate. / (intransitive) To revert to a state or lord because its previous owner died without an heir.

(law) The process of transferring unclaimed or abandoned property to a state authority, especially when a person dies intestate.

simple past tense and past participle of escheat

plural of escheatment

(England and Wales law) A royal officer in medieval and early modern England, responsible for taking escheats from deceased subjects.

plural of escheator

present participle of escheat

plural of escheat

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of escheat