单词 | principal stewart |
释义 | > as lemmasprincipal stewart d. In Scotland: A magistrate originally appointed by the king to administer the crown lands forming a stewartry n.; see quot. 1754. principal stewart, such an official as distinguished from the stewart-depute, to whom part of the duties were usually delegated. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > chief magistrate of a district > [noun] > steward in Scotland steward1432 1432 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 21 The lorde of the regalite or his stewart or balȝe. 1473–4 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 10 Item of the Stewarte of Kirkcudbrith lx li. c1575 J. Balfour Practicks (1754) 16 Stewartis and Stewartreis. Stratherne, Lord Drummond. 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 284 The Sheriffs, Lords of Regalities, and Stewarts, are declared Judges competent to this Crime. a1688 J. Wallace Descr. Orkney (1693) 88 The Government of the Stewart is in the Kings Bounds, the Manner and Procedure of his Jurisdiction is after the form of Sheriffship, the Title only differing. 1708 Procl. 18 Aug. in London Gaz. No. 4464/4 We..ordain.. Our Solicitor to Dispatch Copies thereof to the Sheriffs of the several Shires, Stewarts of Stewartries. 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. 38 The Stewart was the magistrate appointed by the King, over such regality-lands as happened to fall to the Crown by forfeiture, &c.; and therefore the Stewart's jurisdiction was equal to that of a regality. a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. i. iv. §10 56 Regality-deputes were sometimes called stewards; but steward, in the strict sense, signified a magistrate appointed by the King over special lands belonging to himself. 1901 R. De B. Trotter Galloway Gossip Eighty Years Ago 236 Davie..summons't the laird for the price o' the hooses, but he made naething o't, for the Steward said he had nae writins on't. 1912 A. Porteous Hist. Crieff ii. 32 The office of dapifer, seneschal, or steward, of Strathearn. < as lemmas |
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