escheator

English

Alternative forms

• escheater

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English eschetour, itself borrowed from Anglo-Norman eschetour; equivalent to escheat +‎ -or.

Noun

escheator (plural escheators)

1. (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.