excheat
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Excheat — Ex*cheat , n. See {Escheat}. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
escheat — 1. noun a) The return of property of a deceased person to the state (originally to a feudal lord) where there are no legal heirs or claimants. Approching, with bold words and bitter threat, / Bad that same boaster, as he mote, on high / To leaue… … Wiktionary
