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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..

Undersheriff :: Undersheriff (n.) A sheriff's deputy.

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

Viscount :: Viscount (a.) An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count, or earl; the sheriff of the county..

Sheriffry :: Sheriffry (n.) Alt. of Sheriffwic.

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..

Sheriffdom :: Sheriffdom (n.) Alt. of Sheriffwic.

Mainprise :: Mainprise (n.) A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large. This writ is now obsolete..

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

Sheriffship :: Sheriffship (n.) Alt. of Sheriffwic.

Sheriffalty :: Sheriffalty (n.) Alt. of Sheriffwic.

Right :: Right (a.) That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a right to arrest a criminal..

Undersheriffry :: Undersheriffry (n.) Undershrievalty.

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..

Undershrievalty :: Undershrievalty (n.) The office or position of an undersheriff.

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

Non Est Inventus :: Non est inventus () The return of a sheriff on a writ, when the defendant is not found in his county..

Marshal :: Marshal (n.) A ministerial officer, appointed for each judicial district of the United States, to execute the process of the courts of the United States, and perform various duties, similar to those of a sheriff. The name is also sometimes applied to certain police officers of a city..

Seize :: Seize (v. t.) To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor's goods..

Fieri Facias :: Fieri facias () A judicial writ that lies for one who has recovered in debt or damages, commanding the sheriff that he cause to be made of the goods, chattels, or real estate of the defendant, the sum claimed..

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