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Definition :

Escheator [fr. escaetor, Lat.], an officer anciently appointed by the lord treasurer, etc., in every county, to make inquests of titles by escheat, which inquests were to be taken by good and lawful men of the county, impannelled by the sheriff, 4 Inst. 225. See ESCHEAT.

A royal officer appointed to assess the value of property escheating to crown, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 564.