escheator

[ es-chee-ter ]

/ ɛsˈtʃi tər /

an officer in charge of escheats.

Origin of escheator

1250–1300; Middle English eschetour < Anglo-French. See escheat, -or²

sub·es·cheat·or, noun

King Edward accordingly commanded the mayor of London, his escheator in that city, to take inquisition concerning the premises.

The Knights Templars |C. G. (Charles Greenstreet) Addison
But the land could not be granted again until the lapse of title was officially declared in the office of the escheator.

Beginnings of the American People |Carl Lotus Becker
The audit of the Escheator's accounts for the county of Lincoln proves that the distress was very real.

The Great Pestilence (A.D. 1348-9) |Francis Aidan Gasquet
Sometimes several such writs are addressed at one time to the Escheator to inquire into many deaths in the same place.

The Great Pestilence (A.D. 1348-9) |Francis Aidan Gasquet

The county offices were: sheriff, coroner, escheator, and constable or bailiff.

Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. |S. A. Reilly