Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• ESCHEAT
  
  The reversion of property to the state or county, as provided by state law, in cases where a decedent dies intestate and there are no heirs capable of inheriting or when the property is abandoned. In some states, bank accounts that are unused for more than seven years will escheat to the government. (See intestate)
  
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