SHERIFF
\ʃˈɛɹɪf], \ʃˈɛɹɪf], \ʃ_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_f]\
Definitions of SHERIFF
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws, the serving of judicial writs and processes, and the preservation of the peace.
By Oddity Software
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The chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws, the serving of judicial writs and processes, and the preservation of the peace.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Originally and in England the governor of a shire: an officer in a county who executes the law: the executive officer of the county and circuit courts of the States.
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SHERIFFSHIP.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo Saxon] The chief officer of a shire or county to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws; - in Scotland, the chief local judge of a county or district. Sheriff-substitute, acting or deputy-sheriff, appointed by the principal Sheriff-clerk, clerk of a sheriff- court.