SHERIFF
\ʃˈɛɹɪf], \ʃˈɛɹɪf], \ʃ_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_f]\
Definitions of SHERIFF
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Originally and in England the governor of a shire: an officer in a county who executes the law: the executive officer of the county and circuit courts of the States.
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SHERIFFSHIP.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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In Eng. and in the U.S., the chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws; in Scot., the chief civil officer of a county, and sometimes of a city or burgh which is itself a county, who has extensive jurisdiction as a judge within his own district, both in civil and criminal matters.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo Saxon] The chief officer of a shire or county to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws; - in Scotland, the chief local judge of a county or district. Sheriff-substitute, acting or deputy-sheriff, appointed by the principal Sheriff-clerk, clerk of a sheriff- court.
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