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Under-sheriff
Under-sheriff [sub viecomes, Lat.], the sheriff's deputy. See SHERIFF.
Sheriff, Shire-reeve, or Shiriff
appointment is gazetted, nominate some fit person to be his under-sheriff; and by s. 24 every sheriff is to appoint a
Bailiwick
or franchise, with such powers within his precinct as an under-sheriff exercises under a sheriff.
Riot Act
hour after proclamation by a justice of the peace, sheriff, under sheriff, or may or, they are felons, punishable by penal servitude
Solicitor
County Courts, at Arbitrations, at Judges' Chambers, Coroners' Inquests, Under Sheriffs' and Secondaries' Courts, and in the Court of Bankruptcy. the
Inquisition
is the verdict and judgment, after an inquiry before a sheriff and jury, as to the amount of purchase-money or compensation
Centenarii
Centenarii, petty judges, under-sheriffs of counties, that had rule of a hundred, and judged smaller matters among them, 1 Vent....
Lockman
to execute the orders of the governor, much like our under-sheriff. Also an old Scots term for the hangman; so called
Challenge
is an exception to all the jurors returned by the sheriff collectively, not for any defect in them, but for some
Fieri facias
in the King's Courts. It is a command to the sheriff, that of the goods and chattels of the party he
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