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Webster 1913 Edition
Escheator
Es-cheat′or
,Noun.
(Law)
An officer whose duty it is to observe what escheats have taken place, and to take charge of them.
Burrill.
Webster 1828 Edition
Escheator
ESCHE'ATOR
,Noun.
Definition 2024
escheator
escheator
English
Noun
escheator (plural escheators)
- (England and Wales law) A royal officer in medieval and early modern England, responsible for taking escheats from deceased subjects.
Quotations
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:escheator.
References
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.