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Definition of "escheats" [escheats]

  • Plural form of escheat. (noun)
  • Third-person singular simple present indicative form of escheat. (verb)

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Use "escheats" in a sentence
  • "Page 126 lawyer in each county to keep watch on all escheats, that is, roughly, land having no owner."
  • "The escheats were a great branch both of power and of revenue, especially during the first reigns after the conquest."
  • "Under such an arrangement, legally speaking, Taiwan escheats to the conqueror and principal occupying power as an interim status condition."
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