apprizerapprisern.
/əˈprʌɪzə/ archaic.
One who appraises; Scots Law, A creditor for whose behoof an appraisal is made.
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apprizer1754
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1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem vii. 150 Apprysers of flesh..to appryse the flesh..alswell for the profite of the fleshers, as of the people.
1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. ii. xii. 243 The heritable rights belonging to the debtor were sold, for payment of the debt due to the appryser.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. ii. 19 The appriser, therefore, (as the holder of a mortgage was then called) entered upon possession.
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