单词 | sheriffalty |
释义 | sheriffaltyn. = shrievalty n. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > sheriff > office of sheriffhoodc1450 sheriffwick1451 sheriffship1473 sheriffalty1518 shrievaltyc1525 sheriffdom1596 sheriffry1610 shrievaldom1679 shrievalrya1715 1518 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 162 The seid Office of Sheryaltie. 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xxx. 57/2 The Office of Execution and custody of this County [sc. Huntingdon] is the Sheralfty [? read Sherfalty], of old inheritable. 1617 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 227 The patent of my Mrs office of ye sheralltie. 1648 R. Chestlin Persecutio Undecima 57 Alderman Pennington [chosen] for his knowne zeale by his keeping a fasting Sabboth throughout his Shirifalty. 1682 Modest Enq. Election Sheriffs London 29 The Sherifalty of London. 1682 Modest Enq. Election Sheriffs London 41 Sherivalty. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. viii. 35 He is a young gentleman of..expectations from a Welsh Uncle now in town, Sir Rowland Meredith, knighted in his Sheriffalty. 1870 Foss Biogr. Dict. Judges of Eng. 54 The Michaelmas solemnities of the sheriffalty of London. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1518 |
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