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Appraiser [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who values; appropriately a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods and estate. [ See Apprizer .]

Appraiser [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.

Appraiser Encyclopedia Britannica

APPRAISER (from ad and pretium, value), one who sets a value upon property, real or personal. By 46 George III. c. 43, appraisers must possess a license, the duty payable for which is at present £2 annually. By a statute of William and Mary, two sworn appraisers must be employed by the sheriff to value any goods taken under distress for rent. The business of appraiser is usually combined with that of auctioneer.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 2, p. 212
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