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sheriff
noun
1 in a US county: the chief elected police officer mainly responsible for maintaining peace and order, attending courts, serving processes and executing judgements.
2 in England: the chief officer of the monarch in the shire or county, whose duties are now mainly ceremonial rather than judicial.
3 in Scotland: the chief judge of a sheriff court of a town or region.
4 hist the king's representative in a shire, with wide judicial and executive powers.
[Anglo-Saxon scirgerefa , from scir shire + gerefa reeve]
sheriffdom noun
1 the office, term of office or territory under the jurisdiction and authority of a sheriff.
2 in Scotland: one of six divisions of the judicature, made up of sheriff court districts.
noun
1 in a US county: the chief elected police officer mainly responsible for maintaining peace and order, attending courts, serving processes and executing judgements.
2 in England: the chief officer of the monarch in the shire or county, whose duties are now mainly ceremonial rather than judicial.
3 in Scotland: the chief judge of a sheriff court of a town or region.
4 hist the king's representative in a shire, with wide judicial and executive powers.
[Anglo-Saxon scirgerefa , from scir shire + gerefa reeve]
sheriffdom noun
1 the office, term of office or territory under the jurisdiction and authority of a sheriff.
2 in Scotland: one of six divisions of the judicature, made up of sheriff court districts.
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