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noun
The process of transferring unclaimed or abandoned property to a state authority, especially when a person dies intestate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English escheat Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English escheatment From escheat + -ment.
