Law. [a. AF. escrowe, escrouwe, OF. escroe, escroue scrap, shred, strip of parchment, scroll (mod.F. écroue entry of a name in a jail register):—med.L. type *scrōda, of Teut. origin: cf. OHG. scrôt scrap, fragment:—OTeut. *skraudo- (whence Eng. SHRED).] (See quots.)
1598. Kitchen, Courts Leet (1675), 449. It was delivered as an Escrow upon condition.
1708. Termes de la Ley, 306. An Escrow is a Deed delivered to a third person to be the Deed of the party upon a future condition.
1885. Law Times Rep., LI. 663/1. The part signed by the defendant was only an escrow in the hands of her solicitor, and not to take effect until the other part was signed by the plaintiff.
