the legal process by which the property of a person without a will may revert to the state after they dieThis meaning is based on one submitted to the Open Dictionary from Switzerland on 17/10/2015
Synonyms and related words
Inheritance, inheriting and heritage
an accident of birth
be descended from
beneficiary
escheat
noun uncountable legal
US /esˈtʃit/
DEFINITIONS1
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the legal process by which the property of a person without a will may revert to the state after they dieThis meaning is based on one submitted to the Open Dictionary from Switzerland on 17/10/2015