escheat

n. 重还, 归还,承受转归领主的土地

发音

其它 /ɪsˈt͡ʃiːt/

词形变化

escheats 复数 escheats escheated escheating escheats 三单 escheating 现在分词 escheated 过去式 escheated 过去分词

别名

excheat

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The return of property of a deceased person to the state (originally to a feudal lord) where there are no legal heirs or claimants.

    可数 不可数 法律
  2. 2.

    The property so reverted.

    可数 不可数 法律
  3. 3.

    Plunder, booty.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  4. 4.

    That which falls to one; a reversion or return.

    可数 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To put (land, property) in escheat; to confiscate.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To revert to a state or lord because its previous owner died without an heir.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

reversion

词源

From Middle English escheat, achete, eschete (“the reversion of property to the state”), from Anglo-Norman eschete and Old French eschet, escheit, escheoit (“that which falls to one”), past participle of escheoir (“to fall”) (modern French échoir), from Late Latin *excadēre (“fall away, fall out”), from (Latin) ex- + cadere (“fall”). Doublet of cheat.

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