"escheatage" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: escheatages [plural]
Etymology: From escheat + -age. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|escheat|age}} escheat + -age Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} escheatage (countable and uncountable, plural escheatages)
  1. The right of succeeding to an escheat. Tags: countable, uncountable

Inflected forms

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