- (n.) A writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the person in possession.
- (v.t.) To forfeit.
- (n.) The reverting of real property to the State, as original and ultimate proprietor, by reason of a failure of persons legally entitled to hold the same.
- (n.) Lands which fall to the lord or the State by escheat.
- (v.i.) To revert or become forfeited, to the lord, the crown or the State, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to hold the same or by forfeiture.
- (n.) The falling back or reversion of lands, by some casualty or accident, to the lord of the fee, in consequence of the extinction of the blood of the tenant, which may happen by his dying without heirs, and formerly might happen by corruption of blood, that is, by reason of a felony or attainder.
- (n.) That which falls to one; a reversion or return.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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