Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun escheat

2 senses of escheat

Sense 1
escheat -- (a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs)
       => reversion -- ((law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee))

Sense 2
escheat -- (the property that reverts to the state)
       => transferred property, transferred possession -- (a possession whose ownership changes or lapses)