escrow
(noun) a written agreement (or property or money) delivered to a third party or put in trust by one party to a contract to be returned after fulfillment of some condition
Source: WordNet® 3.1
escrow (countable and uncountable, plural escrows)
(legal) A written instrument, such as a deed, temporarily deposited with a neutral third party (the escrow agent), by the agreement of two parties to a valid contract. The escrow agent will deliver the document to the benefited party when the conditions of the contract have been met. The depositor has no control over the instrument in escrow.
(legal) In common law, escrow applied to the deposits only of instruments for conveyance of land, but it now applies to all instruments so deposited.
(legal) Money or other property so deposited is also loosely referred to as escrow.
The state of property deposited with an escrow agent.
escrow (third-person singular simple present escrows, present participle escrowing, simple past and past participle escrowed)
To place in escrow.
• cowers, scower
Source: Wiktionary
Es"crow, n. Etym: [OF. escroe, escroue, a roll of writings, bond. See Scroll.] (Law)
Definition: A deed, bond, or other written engagement, delivered to a third person, to be held by him till some act is done or some condition is performed, and then to be by him delivered to the grantee. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 January 2025
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According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
