escheat
ɪsˈtʃiːt
ɛsˈtʃiːt
noun
the reversion of property to the state, or (in feudal law) to a lord, on the owner’s dying without legal heirs.
the Crown’s right of escheat was lost
verb
(of land) revert to a lord or the state by escheat.
a private chase which had escheated to the King