escheator

Etymology

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

noun

  1. (England and Wales law) A royal officer in medieval and early modern England, responsible for taking escheats from deceased subjects.

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