escheats

Meaning of escheats

noun
  1. 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. The property so reverted.
  3. Plunder, booty.
  4. That which falls to one; a reversion or return.
verb
  1. To put (land, property) in escheat; to confiscate.
  2. To revert to a state or lord because its previous owner died without an heir.

Information about escheats

  • The singular form of escheats is: escheat.
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Hyphenation of escheats

es-cheats

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • escheats is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

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