What is APPRAISER? Definition of APPRAISER in Black's Law Dictionary
A person appointed by competent authority to make an appraisement, to ascertain and state the true value of goods or real estate.
The title of "appraiser" carries with it a significance that he is to be the judge of the evidence he desires submitted to him on the question of valuation, in cases fairly treated by him. In re Gibert's Estate, 160 N.Y.S. 213, 214, 96 Misc. 401.
General Appraisers
Appraisers appointed under an act of congress to afford aid and assistance to the collectors of customs in the appraisement of imported merchandise. Gibb v. Washington, 10 Fed.Cas. 288.
Merchant Appraisers
Where the appraisement of an invoice of imported goods made by the revenue officers at the custom house is not satisfactory to the importer, persons may be selected (under this name) to make a definitive valuation; they must be merchants engaged in trade. Oelberman v. Merritt, C.C.N.Y., 19 Fed. 408; s. c., 8 Sup.Ct. 151, 123 U.S. 356, 31 L.Ed. 164.
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