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单词 byrlawman
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byrlawmann.

Forms: Also byerlaw-, birlaw-, berlaw-, byrelaw-, and burley n.2
Etymology: < byrlaw n. + man n.1: compare the Norse form there cited.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbyrlawman.
An officer appointed at a Court-leet for various local duties, as the framing and execution of byrlaws, looking after nuisances, administration of justice in minor matters, arbitration in agricultural disputes, etc.‘This still survives locally in Scotland and the north of England under various forms, e.g. Bourlawman, Burleyman (also burlie bailie), Birleyman, q.v. for further examples.’ ( N.E.D.)
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society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun] > appointed at court-leet
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1432 Ingleby Arncliff Manor Court Rolls (per Rev. J. C. Atkinson) Juratores elegerunt in officium de Birlawmen John North et Rob. Phelipson.
1521 Ingleby Arncliff Manor Court Rolls (per Rev. J. C. Atkinson) That no bruester shall sell anie aile but according to the price of the cuntrie, and at the sight of the Bierlaymen.
1552 in Court Leet Rec. Manch. (1884) I. 146 Byrlamen for the market stede lane.
1588 Ingleby Arncliff Manor Court Rolls (per Rev. J. C. Atkinson) That euerie one shall comme to the byerleys & other common workes after warning be gyven them eyther by constable or byerley men vpon payne of euerie defawte ivd.
1591 Acc. Common Lands Rotherham in Athenæum 9 Aug. (1879) To the byer law-men for casting open closes according to our custome, 2s.
1595 in Court Leet Rec. Manch. (1885) II. 104 The berlawmen haue suffred swyne to goe vpp and downe the streete, vnyoked.
1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 40 Sworn appraisers or valuers (called Byrelawmen)..are called mutually by each party, to settle disputes between landlord and tenants, or between one tenant and another.
1875 J. H. Nodal & G. Milner Gloss. Lancs. Dial.: Pt. I 62 Burly-man, an officer appointed at a court-leet to examine and determine respecting disputed fences.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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