Process whereby property of a decedent is given to the state because of no available heirs
The reversion of property to the state in the event the owner thereof dies without leaving a will (intestate) and has no heirs to whom the property may pass by lawful descent
the property that reverts to the state a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs
Where property is returned to the government upon the death of the owner, because there is nobody to inherit the property Escheat is based on the Latin principle of dominion directum as was often used in the feudal system when a tenant died without heirs or if the tenant was convicted of a felony
The reversion of property to the state in event the owner thereof dies leaving no will and having no legally qualified heir to whom the property may pass by lawful descent