escheat

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美[ɪs\'tʃit]

基本释义

  • n.重还,归还,承受转归领主的土地
  • vt.归还,没收
  • vi.被没收,被征用

词性变化

实用例句

The lord lost his claims to escheat.

土地领主失去了归还土地的请求权.

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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