escheat
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 379 U.S. 674 - State of Texas v. State of New Jersey · 1965Most cited · 204 citing opinions
[A] procedure with ancient origins whereby a sovereign may acquire title to abandoned property if after a number of years no rightful owner appears.
How often courts cite the case defining “escheat”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “escheat” — 204 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.