Receiptor

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

  Receiptor \Re*ceipt"or\ (r[-e]*s[=e]t"[~e]r), n.
     One who receipts; specifically (Law), one who receipts for
     property which has been taken by the sheriff.
     [1913 Webster]

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



  RECEIPTOR. In Massachusetts this name is given to the person who, on a 
  trustee process being issued and goods attached, becomes surety to the 
  sheriff to have them forthcoming on demand, or in time to respond the 
  judgment, when the execution shall be issued. Upon which the goods are 
  bailed to him. Story, Bailm. Sec. 124, and see Attachment; Remedies.