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shrievalty|ˈʃriːvəltɪ|
Also 6 shreav-, shreev-, (shrevaltry), 6–7 shrev-, 7 shrief(f)-, shriv-, shreiv-.
[f. shrieve (see prec.) + -alty, representing OF. -alte (F. -auté):—L. -alitātem, as in admiralty, principalty.]
The office or dignity of sheriff; a sheriff's jurisdiction or term of office.
1502Arnolde Chron. (1811) p. xlii, This yere Robert Johnnson was dismissyd of his shreualtee. 1596Sir T. More (Malone Soc.) Add. ii. 165 Shall we heare shreef moor speake. Doll. Letts heare him a keepes a plentyfull shrevaltry. 1633Heywood Engl. Trav. iv. i, In time Sir, you may keepe your Shreualtie; And I be one oth' Seriants. 1663Pepys Diary 28 Sept., Sir R. Ford beginning his shrievalty to-day. c1683T. Hunt Def. Charter Lond. 38 The Shriefalties had not been before granted in Fee. 1692Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) II. 590 Sir Thomas Cook has laid by 10,000{pstlg} to spend in his shreivalty. 1771Junius Lett. l. 259 Your next appearance in office is marked with his election to the shrievalty. 1870Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. ii. (1873) 52 The shrievalty of the county of Cork. 1887Law Rep. Weekly Notes 215/2 The vacancy of the shrievalty by reason of the decease of the sheriff.
attrib.1810Bentham Packing (1821) 124 In the shrievalty year 1807–8. |