escheat

英 [ɪs'tʃiːt] 美 [ɪs'tʃiːt]

• n. 重还；归还；承受转归领主的土地
• v. 转归领土；没收

英英释义

Noun:

1. a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs

2. the property that reverts to the state

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The dormant account reverted to the state under escheat laws.
   根据充公法律规定，休眠账户归国家所有。

用作动词 (v.)

1. The lord lost his claims to escheat.
   土地领主失去了归还土地的请求权。

经典引文

• Without any other beneficiary the whole amount would escheat to the State.

  出自： H. Kemelman