Escheat
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs
polysemous
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Escheats
- possessive
- Escheat's
- pluralpossessive
- Escheats'