escheator
[ es-chee-ter ]
noun
an officer in charge of escheats.
Origin of escheator
1Other words from escheator
- sub·es·cheat·or, noun
Words Nearby escheator
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How to use escheator in a sentence
Sometimes several such writs are addressed at one time to the escheator to inquire into many deaths in the same place.
The Great Pestilence (A.D. 1348-9) | Francis Aidan GasquetThe audit of the escheator's accounts for the county of Lincoln proves that the distress was very real.
The Great Pestilence (A.D. 1348-9) | Francis Aidan GasquetKing Edward accordingly commanded the mayor of London, his escheator in that city, to take inquisition concerning the premises.
The Knights Templars | C. G. (Charles Greenstreet) AddisonBut the land could not be granted again until the lapse of title was officially declared in the office of the escheator.
Beginnings of the American People | Carl Lotus BeckerAn every liver among them haven't stood me in three and forty shilling, then am I a naughty escheator.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb | Charles Lamb
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