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)

1. The taking of property from a feudal subject due to extinction of their line or crimes committed; escheat.

   Synonym: achete

2. Any property taken in this way (sometimes given to another subject)
3. (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.