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escheat:
- Wiktionary:
  escheat → aubaine, déshérence
- Synonyms for "escheat":
  reversion
  transferred property; transferred possession

English

Detailed Translations for escheat from English to French

escheat:

Synonyms for "escheat":

reversion
transferred property; transferred possession

Related Definitions for "escheat":

the property that reverts to the state¹
a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs¹

Wiktionary Translations for escheat:

escheat

noun

(histoire) succession aux biens d’un étranger qui mourir dans un pays où il n’est pas naturaliser, dans l'Ancien Régime.
- aubaine → escheat; escheatage; bargain; windfall; godsend
juri|fr défaut d’héritiers naturels par suite duquel une succession revient à l’État.
- déshérence → escheat

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