Editing Escrow (section)

===Law===
Escrow is also known in the judicial context. So-called escrow funds are commonly used to distribute money from a cash settlement in a [[class action]] or environmental enforcement action. This way the defendant is not responsible for distribution of judgment monies to the individual plaintiffs or the court-determined use (such as [[environmental remediation]] or [[Environmental mitigation|mitigation]]). The defendant pays the total amount of the judgment (or settlement) to the court-administered or appointed escrow fund, and the fund distributes the money (often reimbursing its expenses from the judgment funds).