place in escrow

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• escrow Law — [ɪ skrəʊ, ɛ ] noun a bond, deed, or other document kept in the custody of a third party and taking effect only when a specified condition has been fulfilled. ↘the state of being kept in this way. verb chiefly N. Amer. place in escrow. Origin C16 …   English new terms dictionary

• escrow — n. /es kroh, i skroh /; v. /i skroh , es kroh/, Law. n. 1. a contract, deed, bond, or other written agreement deposited with a third person, by whom it is to be delivered to the grantee or promisee on the fulfillment of some condition. 2. in… …   Universalium

• escrow — 1. noun /ˈɛskɹoʊ/ a) 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 …   Wiktionary

• escrow — I. noun Etymology: Anglo French escroue scroll more at scroll Date: 1594 1. a deed, a bond, money, or a piece of property held in trust by a third party to be turned over to the grantee only upon fulfillment of a condition 2. a fund or deposit… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• escrow — es•crow [[t]ˈɛs kroʊ, ɪˈskroʊ[/t]] n. 1) law a deed, funds, property, etc., deposited with a third party to be transferred to the grantee when certain conditions have been fulfilled 2) cvb law to place in escrow • in escrow Etymology: 1590–1600;… …   From formal English to slang

• escrow — n. & v. Law n. 1 money, property, or a written bond, kept in the custody of a third party until a specified condition has been fulfilled. 2 the status of this (in escrow). v.tr. place in escrow. Etymology: AF escrowe, OF escroe scrap, scroll, f.… …   Useful english dictionary

• escrow — I noun conditional deed held in trust, conditional instrument, contingent deed held in trust, entrustment, instrument held until the performance of a condition, written instrument of contingency II index binder Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C …   Law dictionary

• escrow —    An account held by a third party (i.e., an escrow agent) in which documents and funds are held in trust before a transfer of real estate, the completion of a sale, or some other transaction. When the funding is complete or other specified… …   Business law dictionary

• Source code escrow — means deposit of the source code of the software into an account held by a third party escrow agent. Escrow is typically requested by a party licensing software (the licensee), to ensure maintenance of the software. The software source code is… …   Wikipedia

• Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement — The Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) was entered in November 1998, originally between the four largest US tobacco companies and the attorneys general of 46 states. The states settled their Medicaid lawsuits against the tobacco industry… …   Wikipedia

• escheat — es·cheat 1 /is chēt/ n [Anglo French eschete reversion of property, from Old French escheoite accession, inheritance, from feminine past participle of escheoir to fall (to), befall, ultimately from Latin ex out + cadere to fall] 1: escheated… …   Law dictionary