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1 Escheat -- rank: 1000

Escheat definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ESCHE'AT, n. [L. cado ... The lands which fall to the lord or state by escheat. 6. In Scots law, the forfeiture incurred by a man ... or by forfeiture for treason. In the feudal sense, no escheat can exist in the United States; but the word is ... Date: 14th century transitive verb to cause to revert by escheat intransitive verb to revert by escheat • escheatable adjective Oxford Reference Dictionary n. & v. hist. --n. 1 ... by this. --v. 1 tr. hand over (property) as an escheat. 2 tr. confiscate. 3 intr. revert by escheat. Etymology: ...

2 Cheat -- rank: 560

... noun Etymology: earlier cheat forfeited property, from Middle English chet escheat, short for eschete — more at escheat Date: 1615 1. the act or an instance of fraudulently ... Derivatives: cheatingly adv. Etymology: ME chete f. achete, var. of ESCHEAT Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cheat Cheat, v. t. [imp. & p ... p. Cheated; p. pr. & vb. n. Cheating.] [See Cheat, n., Escheat.] 1. To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick ... s 1913 Dictionary Cheat Cheat, n. [rob. an abbrevation of escheat, lands or tenements that fall to a lord or to ... or supposed, that were resorted to in procuring escheats. See Escheat.] 1. An act of deception or fraud; that which ...

3 Escheatable -- rank: 398

... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ESCHE'ATABLE, a. Liable to escheat. Merriam Webster's adjective see escheat II Webster's 1913 Dictionary Escheatable Es*cheat"a*ble, a. Liable to escheat.

4 Chess -- rank: 315

... s 1913 Dictionary Cheat Cheat, n. [rob. an abbrevation of escheat, lands or tenements that fall to a lord or to ... or supposed, that were resorted to in procuring escheats. See Escheat.] 1. An act of deception or fraud; that which is ...

5 Escheatage -- rank: 315

... Dictionary ESCHE'ATAGE, n. The right of succeeding to an escheat. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Escheatage Es*cheat"age (?; 48), n. The right of succeeding to an escheat. --Sherwood.

6 Last heir -- rank: 199

... Gen. xlix. 19. Last heir, the person to whom lands escheat for want of an heir. [Eng.] --Abbott. On one's ...

7 Mulct -- rank: 199

... demand, diddle, distrain, distraint, distress, do in, do out of, escheat, escheatment, estreat, euchre, exact, finagle, fine, flam, fleece, flimflam, fob ...

8 Forfeiture -- rank: 199

... denial, denudation, deprivation, despoilment, destruction, detriment, dispossession, distraint, distress, divestment, escheat, escheatment, expense, fine, forfeit, injury, loser, losing, losing streak, loss ...

9 Forfeit -- rank: 199

... deposit, deprivation, despoilment, destruction, detriment, dispossession, distraint, distress, divestment, drop, escheat, escheatment, expense, fee, fine, forfeiture, forgo, forgone, give over, give ...

10 Fine -- rank: 199

... en rapport, endowed with beauty, enigmatic, enjoyable, enjoying health, entertaining, escheat, escheatment, esoteric, estimable, estreat, ethereal, eupeptic, even, exact, exacting, exactly ...

11 Excheat -- rank: 199

... definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Excheat Ex*cheat", n. See Escheat. [Obs.] --Spenser.

12 Esheated -- rank: 199

Esheated definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Escheat Es*cheat", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Esheated; p. pr ...

13 Escheating -- rank: 199

... of an owner, or by forfeiture. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Escheat Es*cheat", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Esheated; p. pr ...

14 dormant account -- rank: 199

... specified period; "the dormant account reverted to the state under escheat laws"

15 damages -- rank: 199

... Thesaurus amends, amercement, atonement, blood money, compensation, consideration, distraint, distress, escheat, escheatment, fine, forfeit, forfeiture, guerdon, honorarium, indemnification, indemnity, meed, mulct ...