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esheated |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Escheat \Es*cheat"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Esheated}; p. pr & vb n. {Escheating}.] (Law) To revert, or become forfeited, to the lord, the crown, or the State, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to hold the same or by forfeiture. Note: In this country it is the general rule that when the title to land fails by defect of heirs or devisees, it necessarily escheats to the State; but forfeiture of estate from crime is hardly known in this country, and corruption of blood is universally abolished. --Kent. --Bouvier.