Approching, with bold words and bitter threat, / Bad that same boaster, as he mote, on high / To leaue to him that Lady for excheat, / Or bide him battell without further treat.
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Escheat
/ɪsˈt͡ʃiːt/
Synonyms for "escheat" (16 found)
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Related word relations
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More general
11 entriesestate law conceptlegal conceptlegal transferproperty law doctrineproperty statusproperty transferpublic property statusreversionstate ownershiptransferred possessiontransferred property
More specific
7 entriesescheatageescheated estateintestate escheatland escheatpersonal property escheatreal property escheatunclaimed assets
Collocations
12 entriesescheat lawescheat processescheat propertyescheat to the stateescheatment processintestate escheatland escheatpersonal property escheatproperty reversionreal property escheatstate ownershipunclaimed assets
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
3 translations across 3 languages.
French
1 entries- déshérence noun (Translations)
Middle English
1 entries- eschete noun (Translations)
Polish
1 entries- kaduk noun (Translations)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
And by my ruines thinkes to make them great: / To make one great by others losse, is bad excheat
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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.
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Failure to perform duties opened the culprit to charges of ‘felony’ (felonia), providing grounds for the king to escheat the fief.
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