Толковый словарь английского языка - escheat
Escheat
escheat
I. noun see: chance Date: 14th century ~ed property, 2. the reversion of lands in English feudal law to the lord of the fee when there are no heirs capable of inheriting under the original grant, the reversion of property to the crown in England or to the state in the United States when there are no legal heirs, II. verb Date: 14th century transitive verb to cause to revert by ~, intransitive verb to revert by ~, ~able adjective
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n. & v. hist. --n. 1 the reversion of property to the State, or (in feudal law) to a lord, on the owner's dying without legal heirs. 2 property affected by this. --v. 1 tr. hand over (property) as an escheat. 2 tr. confiscate. 3 intr. revert by escheat. Etymology: ME f. OF eschete, ult. f. L excidere (as EX-(1), cadere fall) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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