单词 | high sheriff |
释义 | > as lemmashigh sheriff a. With defining word, as deputy sheriff, under-sheriff, vice-sheriff; high sheriff, the sheriff (in England and Wales, and in some Irish cities) as distinguished from a deputy or subordinate. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > chief magistrate of a district > [noun] > sheriff or high sheriff shiremanc1020 sheriffc1034 viscount1387 shire-reeve14.. high sheriff1450 society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > chief magistrate of a district > [noun] > sheriff or high sheriff > subordinate deputy under-sheriff1450 deputy sheriff1716 vice-sheriff1874 1450 W. Lomnor in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 36 The shreue of Kent..sent his vndere-shreve to the juges to wete what to doo. a1455 Lett. Marg. Anjou & Bp. Beckington (Camden) 158 Th' occupacion of under sherreive in the countie of Midd. c1510 Gest Robyn Hode xv, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1888) III. v. 57 The hye sherif of Notyingham. 1557 tr. T. More in Wks. II. 1421/1 Thomas More..being one of the vnder shriefes of London. 1559 J. Aylmer Harborowe sig. L2 Then must the hyghe Shrife be his frende. 1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre iii. vii. 106 The proverbe is, Twise an Under Sherife, euer a knave. 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. ix. 489 Colonel Long, the High Sheriff of that County. 1716 Act 3 Geo. I c. 15 §10 It shall not be lawful..for any Person..to buy, sell, let, or take to Farm, the Office of Under-sheriff, Deputy-sheriff,..or any other Office..pertaining to the Office of High-sheriff of any County or Shire. 1830 Rep. Sel. Comm. Office High Sheriff 3 High Sheriffs are nominated by The King in Council, who, with His own hand, according to ancient custom, pricks the person appointed. 1830 Rep. Sel. Comm. Office High Sheriff 5 The appointment of competent persons as permanent Under Sheriffs, throughout the several counties of England and Wales. 1835 Tomlins' Law Dict. (ed. 4) (at cited word) The under-sheriff usually performs all the duties of the office, a very few only excepted, where the personal presence of the high-sheriff is necessary. 1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (1896) III. xx. 435 In 1319 Matthew of Crauthorn, who had been elected..to be Knight of the shire for Devon, petitioned the council against the undue return made by the vice-sheriff, who had substituted another name. < as lemmas |
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