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escheating

escheating is the present participle and gerund of escheat.

Meaning of escheat

Verb

escheat (third-person singular simple present escheats, present participle escheating, simple past and past participle escheated)

  1. (transitive) To put (land, property) in escheat; to confiscate.
    • Arms are very rigidly controlled in Scotland by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. […] Under an Act of 1592, Lyon King of Arms can escheat to the Sovereign all goods unlawfully displaying arms.1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, page 477
  2. (intransitive) To revert, convert, or vest ownership to the government or lord because its previous owner died without an heir or a business closed and no one claims the assets.

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Questions about escheating

What is escheating the present participle and gerund of?
Escheating is the present participle and gerund of escheat.

Words near escheating in the dictionary

  1. escheatages
  2. escheated
  3. escheater
  4. escheaters
  5. escheatery
  6. escheating
  7. escheatment
  8. escheatments
  9. escheator
  10. escheators
  11. escheatorship

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