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noun
The medieval English governmental office that recorded escheated property.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: England, Wales, historical, rare, uncountable
Topics: law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
A calque from Middle English or Anglo-Norman escheterie; equivalent to escheat + -ery.
