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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  1. noun An official who evaluates property for taxation.
  2. 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
  • 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. —  The Memphis Daily News
  • The actual value determined by the assessor is the foundation in the formula used to figure property taxes. —  Aspen Times - Top Stories
  • "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. —  Latest Isle of Wight News
  • 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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  1. 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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