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Definition of Assessor

1. Noun. An official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it.

Definition of Assessor

1. n. One appointed or elected to assist a judge or magistrate with his special knowledge of the subject to be decided; as legal assessors, nautical assessors.

Definition of Assessor

1. Noun. One who assesses a property for tax or insurance evaluation. ¹

2. Noun. A specialist who assists the court in determining a matter. ¹

3. Noun. ''Tax '''assessor''''' : Civil servant entrusted with checking the veracity of data and criteria used by a taxpayer to complete a tax return. ¹

4. Noun. One who assesses a project for cost evaluation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Assessor

1. one that assesses [n -S] - See also: assesses

Literary usage of Assessor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1906)
"... we may dismiss the assessor with a few words. Such an official was unknown in the Old Inquisition, but we have seen that, when the first inquisitors ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"That in conformity with the law, and within the time thereby prescribed, the sheriff, as ex "officia assessor and collect- [*335 or, filed in the office of ..."

3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1872)
"The county assessor, in the month of August of these years, ... The assessor has authority to examine every person under oath who applies for registration ..."

4. Report by North Dakota State Budget Board (1912)
"This commission is firmly of the opinion that without the county assessor its work will be greatly handicapped. To secure uniformity of appraisement and the ..."

5. The Scots Law Times by Scotland Land Court (1893)
"LANDS valuation of the dock, as made up by the VALUA- assessor of Public ... Railway tioned by the War Department at the commence- assessor by it as billets ..."

6. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1850)
"The forms of the said general list shall be devised and prescribed by the principal assessor, and lists taken according to such form shall be made out by ..."

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