escheatorn.

/ɛsˈtʃiːtə/

Forms: Middle English–1500s eschetour(e, exchetour, excheter, Middle English–1600s escheatour, eschetor, exchetor, (Middle English echetour, eshetour, 1600s excheator), 1600s–1700s escheater, (1600s eschaetor), eþcheitour, 1600s– escheator.

Etymology: Middle English eschetour , < Anglo-Norman eschetour, < eschete : see escheat n.

An officer appointed yearly by the Lord Treasurer to take notice of the escheats in the county to which he is appointed, and to certify them into the Exchequer. escheator-general n. a superintendent or chief of escheators. The office having practically fallen into disuse, procedure in cases of escheat, is now regulated by the Escheat Procedure Act, 1887.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > reversion > [noun] > reversion to lord, king, or state > officer who certified

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encheatera1387

escheatora1398

1292 Britton i. ii. §2 En office de nos Eschetours, et en presence de nous devaunt noster Seneschal.]

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxviii. 1376 Fiscus is a comyn sak or a bagge, in þe whiche þe eschetour and rente gaderers doþ þe commune dette and custume þat is ypayed to kynges.

1463 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 187 Edward be the grace of God Kyng of Yngland.. to alle sryftes, mayrys, escheatours, etc.

1500 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 147 Ralfe Sauchevereth of Hopwell is eschetour of Notinghamshire and Derby.

1593 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Middlesex & Herts. ii. 1 It [Herts.] was annexed to Essex. And one Sheriffe supplied both Counties, and did also one Eschetor.

1667 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. ii. ix. 78 The Lord Treasurer hath the nomination of the Escheators in every county.

a1754 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 375 He had got into the service of one Kenny escheator general of the kingdom [of Ireland].

1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. i. 16 The king's title was to be found by the inquest of a jury, summoned at the instance of the escheator.

Derivatives

esˈcheatorship n. the office of escheator.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > reversion > [noun] > reversion to lord, king, or state > officer who certified > position of

escheatorship1570

1570 Act 13 Eliz. c. 4. §13 His Office of Sheriffwick, Escheatorship or Bailiffwick.

1887 19th Cent. Dec. 789 When he applied for the escheatorship, he informed Lord Castlereagh that he intended to have his seat transferred to Mr. Balfour.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	escheator
释义	escheatorn. /ɛsˈtʃiːtə/ Forms: Middle English–1500s eschetour(e, exchetour, excheter, Middle English–1600s escheatour, eschetor, exchetor, (Middle English echetour, eshetour, 1600s excheator), 1600s–1700s escheater, (1600s eschaetor), eþcheitour, 1600s– escheator. Etymology: Middle English eschetour , < Anglo-Norman eschetour, < eschete : see escheat n. An officer appointed yearly by the Lord Treasurer to take notice of the escheats in the county to which he is appointed, and to certify them into the Exchequer. escheator-general n. a superintendent or chief of escheators. The office having practically fallen into disuse, procedure in cases of escheat, is now regulated by the Escheat Procedure Act, 1887. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > reversion > [noun] > reversion to lord, king, or state > officer who certified cheaterc1330 encheatera1387 escheatora1398 1292 Britton i. ii. §2 En office de nos Eschetours, et en presence de nous devaunt noster Seneschal.] a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxviii. 1376 Fiscus is a comyn sak or a bagge, in þe whiche þe eschetour and rente gaderers doþ þe commune dette and custume þat is ypayed to kynges. 1463 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 187 Edward be the grace of God Kyng of Yngland.. to alle sryftes, mayrys, escheatours, etc. 1500 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 147 Ralfe Sauchevereth of Hopwell is eschetour of Notinghamshire and Derby. 1593 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Middlesex & Herts. ii. 1 It [Herts.] was annexed to Essex. And one Sheriffe supplied both Counties, and did also one Eschetor. 1667 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. ii. ix. 78 The Lord Treasurer hath the nomination of the Escheators in every county. a1754 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 375 He had got into the service of one Kenny escheator general of the kingdom [of Ireland]. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. i. 16 The king's title was to be found by the inquest of a jury, summoned at the instance of the escheator. Derivatives esˈcheatorship n. the office of escheator. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > reversion > [noun] > reversion to lord, king, or state > officer who certified > position of escheatorship1570 1570 Act 13 Eliz. c. 4. §13 His Office of Sheriffwick, Escheatorship or Bailiffwick. 1887 19th Cent. Dec. 789 When he applied for the escheatorship, he informed Lord Castlereagh that he intended to have his seat transferred to Mr. Balfour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1398
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