Escheator

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  • n. A royal officer in medieval and early modern England, responsible for taking escheats from deceased subjects.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An officer whose duty it is to observe what escheats have taken place, and to take charge of them.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An officer anciently appointed in English counties to look after the escheats of the sovereign and certify them into the treasury.
    • Word Usage
    "Meanwhile President Frank Porter Graham presented to the Board in September, 1932, a recommendation for a legislative act requiring all clerks of the court to report to the escheator and that unclaimed freight and bank deposits be also reported to him."
     
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