| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb escheat.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (escheat) | 1. To revert, or become forfeited, to the lord, the crown, or the State, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to hold the same, or by forfeiture.[Websters]. 2. To forfeit.[Websters]. 3. Base verb from the following inflections: escheating, escheated, escheats, escheator, escheators, escheatingly and escheatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "ESCHEATING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ESCHEATING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Reverting to the lord through failure of heirs, or to the state for want of an owner, or by forfeiture. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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