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1.nounThe return of property of a deceased person to the state (originally to a feudal lord) where there are no legal heirs or claimants.
2.nounThe property so reverted.
3.nounPlunder, booty.
4.nounThat which falls to one; a reversion or return.
5.verbTo put (land, property) in escheat; to confiscate.
6.verbTo revert to a state or lord because its previous owner died without an heir.