ESCHEAT Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word escheat. (close relations)
Definition of ESCHEAT
Best Alternative Words for ESCHEAT
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| appropriation | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose • incorporation by joining or uniting • a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner | ||||||||
| confiscation | nounn | |||||||
noun • seizure by the government | ||||||||
| forfeit | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty • a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something • the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. adjective satellite • surrendered as a penalty verb • lose (something) or lose the right to (something) by some error, offense, or crime | ||||||||
| reversion | nounn | |||||||
noun • (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee) • (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation) • a reappearance of an earlier characteristic • turning in the opposite direction • returning to a former state • a failure to maintain a higher state | ||||||||
| seizure | nounn | |||||||
noun • a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease • the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property • the act of taking of a person by force • the taking possession of something by legal process | ||||||||
