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Middle English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Old French escheoit m, escheoite f, past participle of escheoir (“to fall”). Compare escheten and achete.
Pronunciation
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.
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