The officer appointed to look after the king's escheats; an escheator. (The 17th cent. quots. show its passage into the later sense.) Obsolete.
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| 释义 | 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 (5) cheaterc1330 The officer appointed to look after the king's escheats; an escheator. (The 17th cent. quots. show its passage into the later sense.) Obsolete. encheatera1387 = escheator, n. escheatora1398 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… Subcategories:— position of (1) — subordinate (1) |
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