escheatage

English

Etymology

From escheat +‎ -age.

Noun

escheatage (countable and uncountable, plural escheatages)

1. The right of succeeding to an escheat.
   • 1664, James Howell, Proedria-Basilike:

     their goods are not subject to droit Aubaine, that is , they do not fall by Escheatage to the King as other strangers goods do in some Countries

References

• “escheatage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.