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): /ɛsˈt͡ʃɛːt(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.

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