Escheator
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The name of an of Scer whose duties are generally to ascertain what escheats have taken place, and to prosecute the claim of the sovereign for the purpose of recovering the escheated property. 10 Viner, Abr. 158; Co. Litt. 13b; Tomlins; Termes de la Ley. His office was to be retained but one year, and no one person could hold the office more than once in three years. Termes de la Ley.