escheat

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escheat(
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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. la reversión al estado
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
Historically, the laws of escheat meant that the property of landowners who died intestate could be appropriated by the Crown.Históricamente, las leyes de reversión al estado significaban que la Corona podía apropiarse de la propiedad de los hacendados que fallecían intenstados.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
transitive verb
a. revertir al estado
Where there are no heirs, bank accounts, pensions, and other financial affairs can be escheated to the State after a period.Cuando no existen herederos, cuentas bancarias, pensiones y otros asuntos financieros pueden revertir al estado después de un tiempo.
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