1. (law) a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs
   "The property became subject to escheat when the owner died without heirs"
    
2. The property that reverts to the state
   "The unclaimed estate became an escheat to the government"

1. (law) to revert or be forfeited to the state or a feudal lord
   "The property escheated to the crown"

Derived forms: escheated, escheating, escheats

Type of: reversion, transferred possession, transferred property

Encyclopedia: Escheat