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High Constable

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High Constable of England, Lord

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Sithcundman

Sithcundman, the high constable of a hundred.

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Constable

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Petty Constables

Petty Constables, inferior officers is every town and parish, subordinate to the high constable of the hundred. See CONSTABLE.

Precedence or precedency

pre-cedence of every subject. *Lord Great Chamberlain. But see Private Stat. 1 Geo. 1, c. 3. * Lord High Constable. * Lord Marshal. * Lord Admiral. * Lord Steward of the Household. * Lord Chamberlain of the Household.}

Chivalry, Court of

held as a Court of honour merely, before the Earl-Marshal, and as a criminal Court before the Lord High Constable, jointly with the Earl-Marshal. It had jurisdiction as to contracts and other matters touching deeds of arms or

Marischal

Marischal, an officer in Scotland, who, with the Lord High Constable, possessed a supreme itinerant jurisdiction in all crimes committed within a certain space of the Court, wherever it

Constable

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Bail

be allowed, except by order of a Secretary of State or by the King's Bench Division of the High Court, or a judge thereof in vacation; while, on the other hand, they are bound to admit to … manslaughter upon an inquisition before them, and by the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, s. 227, a borough constable may admit to bail persons charged with petty misdemeanours and brought into his custody, if a justice of

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