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Scherif :: Scherif (n.) See Sherif.

Sheriff :: Sheriff (n.) The chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws, the serving of judicial writs and processes, and the preservation of the peace..

Vicontiels :: Vicontiels (n. pl.) Things belonging to the sheriff; especially, farms (called also vicontiel rents) for which the sheriff used to pay rent to the king..

Fee :: Fee (n.) Reward or compensation for services rendered or to be rendered; especially, payment for professional services, of optional amount, or fixed by custom or laws; charge; pay; perquisite; as, the fees of lawyers and physicians; the fees of office; clerk's fees; sheriff's fees; marriage fees, etc..

Prest :: Prest (n.) A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands..

Secondary :: Secondary (n.) One who occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy; one who is second or next to the chief officer; as, the secondary, or undersheriff of the city of London..

Inquisitor :: Inquisitor (n.) One whose official duty it is to examine and inquire, as coroners, sheriffs, etc..

Apposer :: Apposer (n.) An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts..

Outrider :: Outrider (n.) A summoner whose office is to cite men before the sheriff.

Undersheriffry :: Undersheriffry (n.) Undershrievalty.

Receipt :: Receipt (v. t.) To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff..

Deputy :: Deputy (n.) One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc..

Distringas :: Distringas (n.) A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him..

Scavage :: Scavage (n.) A toll or duty formerly exacted of merchant strangers by mayors, sheriffs, etc., for goods shown or offered for sale within their precincts..

Shrievalty :: Shrievalty (n.) The office, or sphere of jurisdiction, of a sheriff; sheriffalty..

Panel :: Panel (n.) A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole jury..

Under :: Under (a.) Lower in position, intensity, rank, or degree; subject; subordinate; -- generally in composition with a noun, and written with or without the hyphen; as, an undercurrent; undertone; underdose; under-garment; underofficer; undersheriff..

Shrieve :: Shrieve (n.) A sheriff.

Conservator :: Conservator (n.) An officer who has charge of preserving the public peace, as a justice or sheriff..

Shrieval :: Shrieval (a.) Of or pertaining to a sheriff.

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