escheator
English
Etymology
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 of use of this term, see Citations:escheator.
References
- “escheator” in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.