Appraiser

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Appraiser \Ap*prais"er\, n. [See {Appraise}, {Apprizer}.]
     One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to
     estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  appraiser
       n 1: one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality
            of things [syn: {valuator}]
       2: one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who
          guarantees validity [syn: {authenticator}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  APPRAISER, practice. A person appointed by competent authority to appraise
  or value goods; as in case of the death of a person, an appraisement and
  inventory must be made of the goods of which he died possessed, or was
  entitled to. Appraisers are sometimes appointed to assess the damage done to
  property, by some public work, or to estimate its value when taken for
  public use.