A written instrument, such as a deed, temporarily deposited with a neutral third party (the escrow agent), by the agreement of two parties to a valid contract. The escrow agent will deliver the document to the benefited party when the conditions of the contract have been met. The depositor has no control over the instrument in escrow.
In common law, escrow applied to the deposits only of instruments for conveyance of land, but it now applies to all instruments so deposited.
The state of property deposited with an escrow agent.
Money or other property so deposited is also loosely referred to as escrow.
To place in escrow.
An arrangement whereby property or money is given to be held by a third party (a trustee), on the basis that it will be managed for the benefit of, or eventually transferred to, a stated beneficiary; for example, money to be given to a child when he or she reaches adulthood.
Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.
That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
A group of businessmen or traders organised for mutual benefit to produce and distribute specific commodities or services, and managed by a central body of trustees.
Affirmation of the access rights of a user of a computer system.
Trustworthiness, reliability.
That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.
The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
Dependence upon something in the future; hope.
The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another.
Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
To rely on (something), as though having trust (on it).
To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
To have faith in; to rely on for continuing support or aid.
to show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something.
To commit, as to one's care; to entrust.
To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment.
To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object)
To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in.
of or relating to a trust.