escheat

Word family adjectiveescheatablenounescheatageescheatmentescheatescheator

es·cheat /ɪsˈtʃiːt/ noun [countableC] American EnglishAmE law

a legal process in which someone’s money and property are given to the state after they die if they do not have a will, or if there is nobody else with a legal right to receive their money or property 财产转归国家〔在某人死后无遗嘱或无法定继承人的情况下执行〕

Examples from the Corpus

escheat• The abolition of escheat has meant the abolition of the last of the practical consequences of free tenure.

From Longman Business Dictionary

escheates·cheat /ɪsˈtʃiːt/ noun [uncountableU]

LAW a legal process in which someone’s money and property are given to the state after they die if they do not have a will, or if there is nobody else with a legal right to receive their money or property

By the old doctrine of escheat, states and municipalities may capture unclaimed and dormant bank deposits.

—escheatment noun [uncountableU]

Origin escheat

(1200-1300) Old French eschete, from escheoir “to fall, be given to another”, from Latin cadere “to fall”

单词	escheat
释义	escheat Word family adjectiveescheatablenounescheatageescheatmentescheatescheator es·cheat /ɪsˈtʃiːt/ noun [countableC] American EnglishAmE law a legal process in which someone’s money and property are given to the state after they die if they do not have a will, or if there is nobody else with a legal right to receive their money or property 财产转归国家〔在某人死后无遗嘱或无法定继承人的情况下执行〕 Examples from the Corpus escheat• The abolition of escheat has meant the abolition of the last of the practical consequences of free tenure. From Longman Business Dictionary escheates·cheat /ɪsˈtʃiːt/ noun [uncountableU] LAW a legal process in which someone’s money and property are given to the state after they die if they do not have a will, or if there is nobody else with a legal right to receive their money or property By the old doctrine of escheat, states and municipalities may capture unclaimed and dormant bank deposits. —escheatment noun [uncountableU] Origin escheat (1200-1300) Old French eschete, from escheoir “to fall, be given to another”, from Latin cadere “to fall”
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