escheator
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English eschetour, itself borrowed from Anglo-Norman eschetour; equivalent to escheat + -or.
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 quotations using this term, see Citations:escheator.
References
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “escheator”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.