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escheat/isˈtʃi:t, e-/ n. & v. hist. [史义]●n. 1 the reversion of property to the state, or (in feudal law) to a lord, on the owner's dying without legal heirs 主人死后如无法定继承人,将财产重归国家(或领主) 2 property affected by this 重归财产 ●v. 1 tr. hand over (property) as an escheat (将财产)作为重归财产交付 2 tr. confiscate 没收 3 intr. revert by escheat 将(财产)回归给… [Middle English from Old French eschete, ultimately from Latin excidere (as EX-1, cadere ‘fall’)] |