Escheator
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In English law
The name of an officer who was appointed in every county to look after the eseheats which fell due to the king in that particular county, and to certify the same into the exchequer. An escheator could continue in office for one year only, and was noti re-eligible until three years. There does not appear to exist any such officer at the present day.
Brown. See 10 Vin. Abr. 158; Co.. Litt. 13b.