Deputy Steward - Law Dictionary Search Results
Deputy steward
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Steward of manor
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Court-leet
peace. The steward may not retain the profits, 1 Ja. 1, c. 5 (Ruff), he cannot appoint a deputy, unless he be so empowered in his patentor deed of appointment, or there exist an established custom for
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High Steward of the Universities, Court of the Lord
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Marshalsea, Court of the
held before the steward of the household and knight marshal, and the steward of the Court or his deputy, with jurisdiction to hold plea of all manner of personal actions whatsoever which should arise between any parties
Serjeant
Two of these, by the royal permission, attend on the two Houses of Parliament, and each has a deputy; the office of him in the House of Commons is the keeping of the doors, and the execution … officers attending the sover-eign's person to arrest individuals of distinction offending, and give attendance on the Lord High Steward of England, sitting in judgment on any traitor, etc. Two of these, by the royal permission, attend on
Reeve
criminal jurisdiction limited to one of holding suspects in temporary detention. The reeve of the hundred became the deputy of the sheriff, and the chief purpose of holding the hundred court was to enable the sheriff to … Reeve [fr. gerefa, Sax.], a steward or bailiff. See DYKE-REEVE; FIELD-REEVE. A ministerial officer of high rank having local jurisdiction, the chief magistrate of
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