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escheatage

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es⋅cheat⋅age

[es-chee-tij]
–noun
the right of succeeding to an escheat.

Origin:
1605–15; escheat + -age
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es·cheat·age   (ĭs-chē'tĭj)   
n.   Law
The right of the state to acquire property by escheat.
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