名詞 escheat:

1. a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs
2. the property that reverts to the state

es.cheat

n.（名詞）
Reversion of land held under feudal tenure to the manor in the absence of legal heirs or claimants.
無(wú)繼承人的土地歸領(lǐng)主：缺少法定繼承人或繼承申請(qǐng)者的封地的所有權(quán)的轉(zhuǎn)歸領(lǐng)主
Law
【法律】
Reversion of property to the state in the absence of legal heirs or claimants.
無(wú)繼承人的土地充公：在缺少繼承人或申請(qǐng)者時(shí)轉(zhuǎn)給國(guó)家的財(cái)產(chǎn)
Property that has reverted to the state when no legal heirs or claimants exist.
轉(zhuǎn)交權(quán)力：國(guó)家承受（沒有繼承人或申請(qǐng)者時(shí)）轉(zhuǎn)交財(cái)產(chǎn)的權(quán)力
v.intr.tr.（不及物動(dòng)詞和及物動(dòng)詞）
es.cheat.ed,es.cheat.ing,es.cheats 【法律】
To revert or cause to revert by escheat.
轉(zhuǎn)歸領(lǐng)土：（使無(wú)人繼承的土地）轉(zhuǎn)歸領(lǐng)主（或國(guó)家）

來(lái)源：
Middle English eschete
中古英語(yǔ) eschete
from Old French from escheoir [to fall out]
源自 古法語(yǔ) 源自 escheoir [解散]
and from Anglo-Latin escheta
并源自 英拉丁語(yǔ) escheta
both from Vulgar Latin *excadôre [to fall out]
都源自 俗拉丁語(yǔ) *excadôre [原地解散]
Latin ex- [ex-]
拉丁語(yǔ) ex- [前綴，表.從前的，前任的.]
Latin cadere [to fall] * see kad-
拉丁語(yǔ) cadere [解散] *參見 kad-

【引伸】
escheat.able
adj.（形容詞）