escheator

American  

[es-chee-ter] / ɛsˈtʃi tər /

noun

1. an officer in charge of escheats.

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Other Word Forms

• subescheator noun

Etymology

Origin of escheator

1250–1300; Middle English eschetour < Anglo-French. See escheat, -or ²

Example Sentences

Mr. Ford Fosdick, a gentleman of the learned profession, very straight of person, and most bland of manners, is what may be called escheator in ordinary to the state.

From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)

She was the niece of John de London, late the King’s escheator south of Trent.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

Two years after his death his son Walter obtained the King's precept to his escheator to hand over the lands of his mother's inheritance to him, and shortly afterwards he secured his father's also.

From Shakespeare's Family by Stopes, C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael)

But the land could not be granted again until the lapse of title was officially declared in the office of the escheator.

From Beginnings of the American People by Dodd, William E.

King Edward accordingly commanded the mayor of London, his escheator in that city, to take inquisition concerning the premises.

From The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple by Addison, Charles G.