💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Escheatage"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| escheatnoun | (law) The return of property of a deceased person to the state (originally to a feudal lord) where there are no legal heirs or claimants. |
| escheatmentnoun | (law) The process of transferring unclaimed or abandoned property to a state authority, especially when a person dies intestate. |
| successionnoun | An act, process, or instance of succeeding: |
| inheritancenoun | The passing of title to an estate upon death. |
| reversionnoun | The action of returning to a former condition or practice. |
| remaindershipnoun | The right to inherit land or title when the current possessor of that land or title dies without an heir. |
| bequestnoun | That which is left by will; a legacy. |
| estate salenoun | The sale of a person's possessions after their death, normally formalised by the executor of the estate. |
| accretionnoun | (uncountable, also figurative) Increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; organic growth; also, the amount of such growth. |
| succession dutynoun | a tax imposed on every succession to property, according to its value and the relation of the person who succeeds to the previous owner. |
| assetsnoun | (finance) Any property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable to the payment of one's debts. |
| enurementnoun | (law) One's right to have or control an asset. |
| nonentrynoun | (Scots law, historical) The casualty or advantage which formerly fell to the superior when the heir of a deceased vassal failed to renew the investiture, the superior being then entitled to the rent of the feu. |
| ademptionnoun | (law) In the law of wills, the determination of what happens when property left under a will is no longer in the testator's estate when the testator dies. |
| demisenoun | (countable) Death; decease. |
| heir-at-lawnoun | (law) A person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate. |
| death dutynoun | An inheritance tax or estate tax. |
| preheritancenoun | Transfer of property to relatives or other beneficiaries prior to death. |
| agreement as to successionnoun | (law) An agreement about which government's succession regulation applies when a party dies. |
| transmissionnoun | The act of transmitting, e.g. data (signals) or electric power. |
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