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单词 sheriffalty
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sheriff /sherˈif/

noun
  1. The king's representative in a shire, with wide judicial and executive powers (historical)
  2. (in England and Wales) the chief officer of the Crown in the county, with duties chiefly honorary rather than judicial
  3. (in Scotland) the chief judge of the sheriff court of a town or region
  4. (in the USA) an elected officer of a county, mainly responsible for maintaining peace and order, attending courts, guarding prisoners, serving processes and executing judgements
ORIGIN: OE scīrgerēfa, from scīr shire, and gerēfa reeve; cf reeve1, grieve2, Ger Graf count

sherˈiffalty noun

Shrievalty

sherˈiffdom noun

  1. The office, term of office, or territory under the jurisdiction of a sheriff
  2. (in Scotland) one of the six divisions of the judicature, made up of sheriff court districts

sherˈiffhood noun

sherˈiffship noun

The office of sheriff

sheriff clerk noun (pl sheriff clerks)

(in Scotland) the registrar of the sheriff's court, who has charge of the records of the court, organizes its work, etc

sheriff court noun

(in Scotland) a court having jurisdiction over civil and most criminal cases

sheriff depute noun (pl sheriff deputes)

  1. (in Scotland) until the abolition of the heritable jurisdictions in 1748, a lawyer who acted as deputy for the sheriff
  2. Thereafter sometimes applied to the sheriff or sheriff principal

sheriff officer noun

(in Scotland) an officer connected with the sheriff court, who is responsible for raising actions, enforcing decrees, ensuring attendance of witnesses, etc

sheriff principal noun

(in Scotland) the chief judge of a sheriffdom

sheriff's post noun (historical)

A painted post at a sheriff's door for affixing proclamations

sheriff substitute noun (pl sheriffs substitute)

A Scottish acting sheriff, appointed by the Crown, in most cases resident in his judicial district

high sheriff

  1. An English sheriff proper
  2. The chief executive officer of a district (US)

honorary sheriff substitute

One who may act in the absence of the sheriff substitute

unˈder-sheriff

An English sheriff's deputy who performs the execution of writs

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