escheatedadj.
/ɛsˈtʃiːtɪd/ Of land, etc.: That has reverted by escheat to the superior lord, the king, or the state.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > reversion > [adjective] > reverted to lord, king, or state
escheated1551
1551 Sc. Acts, Mary c. 7 The saidis escheit gudis.
1607 J. Davies Let. in Hist. Tracts (1787) 233 To enquire of all escheated and concealed lands in that county.
1623 Sir T. Crew in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 118 You have made these ample Endowments of Churches out of your own Excheated Revenue.
1860 J. Forster Deb. Grand Remonstr. 30 The lesser proprietors whom grants of escheated honours might newly have created.
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