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Definition of sheriff
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of sheriff is as below...
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..
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Venire Facias
::
Venire
facias
() A
judicial
writ or
precept
directed
to the
sheriff,
requiring
him to cause a
certain
number
of
qualified
persons
to
appear
in court at a
specified
time, to serve as
jurors
in said
court..
Admeasure
::
Admeasure
(v. t.)
Formerly,
the
adjustment
of
proportion,
or
ascertainment
of
shares,
as of dower or
pasture
held in
common.
This was by writ of
admeasurement,
directed
to the
sheriff..
Vicontiel
::
Vicontiel
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
viscount
or
sheriff
of a
country.
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..
Undersheriff
::
Undersheriff
(n.) A
sheriff's
deputy.
Hustings
::
Hustings
(n. pl.) A court
formerly
held in
several
cities
of
England;
specif.,
a court held in
London,
before
the lord
mayor,
recorder,
and
sheriffs,
to
determine
certain
classes
of suits for the
recovery
of lands
within
the city. In the
progress
of law
reform
this court has
become
unimportant..
Conservator
::
Conservator
(n.) An
officer
who has
charge
of
preserving
the
public
peace,
as a
justice
or
sheriff..
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..
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..
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..
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..
Shrievalty
::
Shrievalty
(n.) The
office,
or
sphere
of
jurisdiction,
of a
sheriff;
sheriffalty..
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..
Non Est Inventus
::
Non est
inventus
() The
return
of a
sheriff
on a writ, when the
defendant
is not found in his
county..
Shrieve
::
Shrieve
(n.) A
sheriff.
Sheriffwick
::
Sheriffwick
(n.) The
office
or
jurisdiction
of
sheriff.
See
Shrievalty.
Unsheriff
::
Unsheriff
(v. t.) To
depose
from the
office
of
sheriff.
Sheriffship
::
Sheriffship
(n.) Alt. of
Sheriffwic.
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..
Sheriffalty
::
Sheriffalty
(n.) Alt. of
Sheriffwic.
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