escheat

In legal|lang=en terms the difference between intestate and escheat

is that intestate is (legal) a person who dies without making a valid will while escheat is (legal) the property so reverted.

As nouns the difference between intestate and escheat

is that intestate is (legal) a person who dies without making a valid will while escheat is (legal) the return of property of a deceased person to the state (originally to a feudal lord) where there are no legal heirs or claimants.

As an adjective intestate

is without a valid will indicating whom to leave one's estate to after death.

As a verb escheat is

(of property) to revert to a state or lord because its previous owner died without an heir.

As verbs the difference between eschew and escheat

is that eschew is to avoid; to shun, to shy away from while escheat is to revert to a state or lord because its previous owner died without an heir.

As a noun escheat is

the return of property of a deceased person to the state (originally to a feudal lord) where there are no legal heirs or claimants.

In lang=en terms the difference between escheat and lapse

is that escheat is the property so reverted while lapse is a common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.

As nouns the difference between escheat and excheat

is that escheat is (legal) the return of property of a deceased person to the state (originally to a feudal lord) where there are no legal heirs or claimants while excheat is .

As a verb escheat

is (of property) to revert to a state or lord because its previous owner died without an heir.