Ĕs'crōw, n.

n. [Norm. Fr. escrowe, escrover, scroll, O. Fr. escroe, escroue, a roll of writings, bond, N. Fr. écrou, entry in the jail-book, screw-nut, hollow screw, either from Lat. scrobis, ditch, grave, or from H. Ger. schraube, L. Ger. schruve, Eng. screw.] (Law.) A deed or bond delivered to a third person, to hold till some act is done or some condition is performed, and which is not to take effect till the condition is performed. Blackstone.