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escheatage

escheatage noun: the right of succeeding to an escheat.

Noun

escheatage (countable and uncountable, plural escheatages)

  1. The right of succeeding to an escheat.
    • their goods are not subject to droit Aubaine, that is , they do not fall by Escheatage to the King as other strangers goods do in some Countries1664, James Howell, Proedria-Basilike

Forms of escheatage

pluralescheatages

Origin of escheatage

From escheat + -age.

Questions about escheatage

What does escheatage mean?
Escheatage means the right of succeeding to an escheat.
What part of speech is escheatage?
Escheatage is a noun.
What is the plural of escheatage?
The plural of escheatage is escheatages.

Words near escheatage in the dictionary

  1. eschaunging
  2. Eschbach
  3. Eschbachs
  4. escheat
  5. escheatable
  6. escheatage
  7. escheatages
  8. escheated
  9. escheater
  10. escheaters
  11. escheatery

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