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reversion vs escheat

escheat vs reversion

reversion and escheat both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
reversion Yes No No No
escheat Yes No No No
As nouns, escheat is a hyponym of reversion; that is, escheat is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than reversion:
  • reversion: (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee)
  • escheat: a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs
reversion (noun) escheat (noun)
a failure to maintain a higher state a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs
turning in the opposite direction the property that reverts to the state
returning to a former state
(genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
(law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee)
Difference between reversion and escheat

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