escrow Definition
es·crow (es′krō′)
noun
Law a written agreement or something of value put in the care of a third party and not delivered until certain conditions are fulfilled
Etymology: OFr escroue, roll of writings, bond < ML scroda < MDu schrot, piece cut off: see shred
escrow Idioms
in escrow
☆Law put in the care of a third party until certain conditions are fulfilled: said of a deed, money, etc.
escrow Finance Definition
escrow Law Definition
n
escrow Usage Examples
Object
key: The current administration proposal does not require a court order to get the escrowed keys themselves.
Converse of object
- buy: Your friend consider also buying escrow to come up.
- require: Some states require escrow accounts to be set up during the buying process to be held in readiness for completion of a deal.
Adjective modifier
- Key: Key escrow would have to be global to achieve its stated purpose, and there is now no prospect of this.
- key: Who will pay for the key escrow ` ` service, ' ' probably an agency with dozens of people, including armed guards?
- mandatory: However, I have not advocated mandatory key escrow.
Modifies a noun
- account: Most lenders will require you to setup an escrow account prior to giving you a loan.
- agent: Do you really think that we will protect these escrow agents any better?
- instance: It then attaches to the escrow instance, if any, pointed by second, and increments the new escrow's reference count.
- balance: Escrow Adjustment This is stock only transaction used by members of CREST to move stock between escrow balances within a member account.
- fee: Thousand dollars ' worth escrow fees are there is no.
- agreement: A real estate expert should approve each escrow agreement before the bank makes the loan.
Noun used with modifier
- technology: These services are designed to protect and manage intellectual property through technology escrow and domain name records management.
- IOU: Causes a copy of the specified exception to be stored inside the IOU escrow object.
- code: This remains the only benchmark of source code escrow for purchasers, suppliers, escrow agents and compliance assessors.
- source: This remains the only benchmark of source code escrow for purchasers, suppliers, escrow agents and compliance assessors.
- party: A recent High Court Case highlights the urgent need for third party escrow agents.
Possessives
count: It then attaches to the escrow instance, if any, pointed by second, and increments the new escrow's reference count.
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