单词 | shrievalty |
释义 | shrievaltyn. The office or dignity of sheriff; a sheriff's jurisdiction or term of office. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > sheriff > office of sheriffhoodc1450 sheriffwick1451 sheriffship1473 sheriffalty1518 shrievaltyc1525 sheriffdom1596 sheriffry1610 shrievaldom1679 shrievalrya1715 c1525 R. Arnold Chron. (new ed.) sig. Bviijv This yere Robert Johnnson was dismissyd of his shreualtee. a1596 Sir Thomas More (1911) Add. ii. 165 Shall we heare shreef moor speake. Doll. Letts heare him a keepes a plentyfull shrevaltry. 1633 T. Heywood Eng. Traveller iv. i In time Sir, you may keepe your Shreualtie; And I be one oth' Seriants. 1663 S. Pepys Diary 28 Sept. (1971) IV. 319 Sir R. Ford beginning his Shrevalty today. 1683 T. Hunt Def. Charter London 38 The Shriefalties had not been before granted in Fee. 1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 590 Sir Thomas Cook has laid by 10,000£ to spend in his shreivalty. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. l. 192 Your next appearance in office is marked with his election to the shrievalty. 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 2nd Ser. 52 The shrievalty of the county of Cork. 1887 Law Rep.: Weekly Notes 3 Dec. 215/2 The vacancy of the shrievalty by reason of the decease of the sheriff. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1525 |
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