assessor
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For the assessor, the difficulty comes into play because, by law, the assessor is not supposed to measure foreclosure sales in determining a property's appraised value.
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- noun An official who evaluates property for taxation.
- noun An assistant to a judge or magistrate, usually selected for special knowledge in a particular area.
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- A MYSTERIOU. VISIT The first notice that was taken of me when I "settled down" recently was by a gentleman who said he was an assessor, and connected with the U. S. — Sketches New And Old
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For the assessor, the difficulty comes into play because, by law, the assessor is not supposed to measure foreclosure sales in determining a property's appraised value.
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The actual value determined by the assessor is the foundation in the formula used to figure property taxes.
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"Noted particularly by the assessor was our imaginative use of school grounds for learning and our extensive recycling programme and involvement of the local community.
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Moreover the office led to the cardinalate; the only "rise" that could be given to the assessor was his promotion to the Sacred College.
— The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris
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- Early modern English also assessour, from Middle English assessour, from Old French assessour, modern F. assesseur = Provencal assessor = Spanish asesor = Portuguese assessor = Italian assessore, from Latin assessor, an assistant judge, in Middle Latin also an assessor of taxes, literally one who sits by another, from assidere, sit by: see assident, assess.
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/ (ə-sĕsˈər)/
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