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Escheat

nounid 53484·updated May 18, 2026
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a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs

polysemous

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Escheats
possessive
Escheat's
pluralpossessive
Escheats'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
the property that reverts to the state
§2
a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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