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escheatage

American  
[es-chee-tij] / ɛsˈtʃi tɪdʒ /

noun

  1. the right of succeeding to an escheat.

Etymology

Origin of escheatage

First recorded in 1605–15; escheat + -age

Example Sentences

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“Hast not had word that Jersey has enacted a general act of forfeiture and escheatage ’gainst all Royalists?”

From Project Gutenberg

“I feared it when I read of the passing of a general act of forfeiture and escheatage,” he muttered, “though I still hoped ’t would not extend to them.”

From Project Gutenberg

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