eschete
See also: Eschete
Middle English
Alternative forms
- echeete, escaete, escheet, escheitte, eschet, escheyte, eþchete, exschete
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French escheoit m, escheoite f, past participle of escheoir (“to fall”). Compare escheten and achete.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛsˈtʃɛːt(ə)/
Noun
eschete (uncountable)
- The taking of property from a feudal subject due to extinction of their line or crimes committed; escheat.
- Synonym: achete
- Any property taken in this way (sometimes given to another subject)
- (rare, law) A writ for the escheat of a given property.
Descendants
- English: escheat
References
- “eschēte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.