escheat
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1 escheat
A reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs.
Roget 974: penalty; retribution etc. (punishment) 972; pain, pains and penalties; weregild†, wergild; peine forte et dure [Fr.]; penance etc. (atonement) 952; ... meer laten zien
2 escheat
The property that reverts to the state.
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Roget 974: fine, mulct, amerce, sconce, confiscate; sequestrate, sequester; escheat [Law]; estreat†, forfeit.
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