sheriff definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the principal ... law-enforcement officer for the courts in a county. The sheriff, who is ordinarily elected, may appoint a deputy. They have ... help maintain the peace. The main judicial duty of the sheriff is to execute processes and writs of the courts. Officers ... Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. In England the office of sheriff existed before the Norman Conquest (1066). Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 Brit. a (also High Sheriff) the chief executive officer of the Crown in a county ... a county, responsible for keeping the peace. Phrases and idioms: sheriff court Sc. a county court. sheriff-depute Sc. the ...
Deputy-sheriff definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary DEPUTY-SHERIFF, n. A person deputed or authorized to perform the duties of the sheriff, as his substitute. In like manner, we use deputy-commissary ...
deputy sheriff definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies [syn: deputy, deputy sheriff]
Pocket sheriff definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pocket Pock"et, n. [OE ... pistol, a pistol to be carried in the pocket. Pocket sheriff (Eng. Law), a sheriff appointed by the sole authority of the crown, without a ...
sheriff's sale definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation [syn: sheriff's sale, execution sale, judicial sale, forced sale]
... 14th century 1. a. an official employed by a British sheriff to serve writs and make arrests and executions b. a ... or other specialized training. Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 a sheriff's officer who executes writs and processes and carries out ... three years from the senate. --Addison. 2. (Eng. Law) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries ... term bailiff is seldom used except sometimes to signify a sheriff's officer or constable, or a party liable to account ... COUNT Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Deputy-sheriff, deputy-marshal, deputy-constable. 2. Overseer, under-steward, factor, manager ... chief of police, commissioner, constable, croupier, curator, custodian, deputy, deputy sheriff, detective, emcee, factor, fed, federal, flic, gendarme, government man, ...
... diet or council, to represent him and his dominions. A sheriff appoints a deputy to execute the duties of his office ... 2005) n 1: someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies [syn: deputy, deputy sheriff] 2: an assistant with power to act when his superior ... a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc. There was then [in the days ... act in their name; as, deputy collector, deputy marshal, deputy sheriff. 2. A member of the Chamber of Deputies. [France] Chamber ... constable, copy, counsel, counselor, counselor-at-law, counterfeit, delegate, deputy sheriff, detective, directeur, director, double, dummy, emissary, envoy, equal, equivalent, ...
... the United States, in each judicial district, answering to the sheriff of a county. His duty is to execute all precepts ... a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law ... courts and perform various duties similar to those of a sheriff (2) a city law officer entrusted with particular duties c ... States, and perform various duties, similar to those of a sheriff. The name is also sometimes applied to certain police officers ... copulate, couple, cover, cure, deal, deal out, deploy, deputy, deputy sheriff, detective, dispose, distribute, dress, embrace, emcee, encompass, escort, esquire, exec ... at arms, set out, set up, settle preliminaries, shavetail, shepherd, sheriff, sirdar, social director, solder, space, span, splice, squire, staff ...
... Not in use.] Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: obsolete shrieve sheriff, from Middle English shirreve — more at sheriff Date: 1681 chiefly British of or relating to a sheriff Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. of or relating to a sheriff. Etymology: shrieve obs. var. of SHERIFF Webster's 1913 Dictionary Shrieval Shriev"al, a. Of or pertaining to a sheriff.