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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread escrow #80973 09/17/2002 4:45 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Perhaps not all of us are familiar with this word, which I saw on realestate sign next door. escrow n. OFr escroue, roll of writings, bond < ML scroda < MDu schrot, piece cut off: see SHRED6 Law a written agreement or something of value put in the care of a third party and not delivered until certain conditions are fulfilled >in escrow Law put in the care of a third party until certain conditions are fulfilled, as a deed, money, etc. The etymology given above is disappointing. Anybody know more about this? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: escrow #80974 09/17/2002 5:05 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory In reply to: MDu schrot, piece cut off I don't know the answer but I wonder if the money in the control of the third party is analagous to a piece cut off and thus the term? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: escrow #80975 09/18/2002 12:47 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 167 Australia johnjohn member johnjohn member Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 167 Australia Lawyers nowadays use the term in the sense of a writing or document, signed and sealed and delivered to a 3rd party, for them to hold it pending the occurrence of a subsequent condition, when it is then released to the obligee. Hence the origin of signed sealed and delivered, ie delivered to the obligee. In software the source code is often held in escrow by a trusted 3rd party to be released to the licensee upon fulfilment of certain conditions. jj Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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