Similar words: eschew, reschedule, cheat, cheating, ahead of schedule, specific heat, preschool, scheme. Meaning: [ɪs'tʃiːt] 
n. 1. a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs 2. the property that reverts to the state.
n. 1. a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs 2. the property that reverts to the state. 
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1. Her property and land should be escheated to the nation.
2. The abolition of escheat has meant the abolition of the last of the practical consequences of free tenure.
3. The lord lost his claims to escheat.
4. Escheat:Reversion of land held under feudal tenure to the manOR in the absence of legal heirs OR claimants.
5. The dormant account reverted to the state under escheat laws.
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