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Adjective: escheated  es'chee-tid
  1. (law) having reverted or been forfeited to the state or a feudal lord
    "The escheated lands were redistributed"
Verb: escheat  is'cheet
  1. (law) to revert or be forfeited to the state or a feudal lord
    "The property escheated to the crown"

Encyclopedia: Escheat