Escheatment

Meaning

Noun

●

In Law & Property law:

The process of

or

abandoned property

to a state

, especially when a person

intestate.

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Origin

escheatment

English

-ment

English

-amentum

Latin

escheat

English

escheoit

Old French (842-ca. 1400)

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