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Definition of Escheator
1. n. An officer whose duty it is to observe what escheats have taken place, and to take charge of them.
Definition of Escheator
1. Noun. (context: England and Wales law) A royal officer in medieval and early modern England, responsible for taking escheats from deceased subjects. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Escheator
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Escheator
Literary usage of Escheator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Institutes of Common and Statute Law by John Barbee Minor (1877)
"The Steps necessary to perfect the title by Escheat We must note under this
head, (1), The escheator, his mode of appointment and his duties; (2), ..."
2. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris, Edward Wedlake Brayley (1812)
"... 5 9 0 Profits of the office of escheator - . - 6 11 9 The mines of Cole and
Wood within the Manner of Mosten • « - - 120 OO The ..."
3. An Account of the Most Important Public Records of Great Britain: And the by Charles Purton Cooper (1832)
"A history of the office of ' escheator' is a desideratum in antiquarian ...
14 Edw. III. that any escheator should continue in his office more than a year, ..."
4. An Historical Account of the Diocese of Down and Connor, Ancient and Modern by James O'Laverty (1895)
"A computus of the See property, during this interval rendered into the Exchequer
by the escheator, Walter de la Hay, is preserved among Ware's MSS. in the ..."
5. Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts: ... Preserved in by Virginia, William Pitt Palmer, Sherwin McRae, Raleigh Edward Colston, Henry W. Flournoy (1890)
"JOHN PAGE, GOVERNOR, TO THE escheator FOR NEW KENT Co. Feb. 2, Subjoined I forward
you an advice of the Council of State to which I request your attention. ..."
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