lawmann.

Brit.

/ˈlɔːman/,

/ˈlɔːmən/, U.S.

/ˈlɔˌmæn/,

/ˈlɔmən/,

/ˈlɑˌmæn/,

/ˈlɑmən/

Etymology: < law n.¹ + man n.¹; the Old English lahmann was probably < Old Norse laga-, lǫgmann- (nominative -maðr), whence Anglo-Latin lagamannus, lagemannus, by some writers on legal antiquities anglicized as lageman.

Now chiefly Historical.

1. Old English Law.

a. One whose official duty it was to declare the law. (Kingsley's use is incorrect.)

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legislation > legislator > [noun] > declarer of law

lawmana1000

a1000 Ordin. Dunsætas c. 3 in Schmid Gesetze 360 xii lahmen scylon riht tæcean Wealan and Ænglan, vi Englisce and vi Wylisce.

?a1200 Laws Edw. Conf. c. 38 in Schmid Gesetze 518 Postea inquirat justicia per lagemannos.

1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake II. i. 2 ‘Where is the lawman of the town?’ ‘I was lawman last night, to see such law done as there is left’, said Pery.

b. In the five Danish boroughs, one of a specified number of magistrates or aldermen (in some cases twelve). (As our knowledge of this class of officials is mainly derived from Domesday, which uses the latinized form lagemannus, the word often appears in Historical use as lageman.)

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > magistrate in city or borough > in 5 Danish boroughs

lawman1086

society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > in the five Danish boroughs

lawman1672

1086 Domesday Bk. (1783) I. f. 336/1 [Phillimore: Lincs. (Lincoln) C.2] In ipsa ciuitate erant xii Lageman, id est habentes sacam & socam.

1672 T. Manley Νομοθετης: Cowell's Interpreter sig. Rr2b Lageman, Homo habens legem, or as we term it, Homo legalis, such as we now call Good men of the Jury.

1675 J. Ogilby Britannia 156 Lincoln..in Doomsday-Book accounted..900 Burgesses, with 12 Lage-men having Sac and Soc.

c1818 J. Britton Lincs. 796 In the time of the Conqueror, Stamford was governed by the lagemen or aldermen.

1864 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. IV. 5 Lincoln's Lawmen kept their statutes.

1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xxi. 578 York..retained..vestiges of the constitutional government by its lawmen which had existed before the Conquest.

1897 F. W. Maitland Domesday Bk. & Beyond 89 The lawmen of Stamford had sake and soke within their houses.

2. Orkney and Shetland. The president of the supreme court in the Orkney and the Shetland Islands respectively. Also lawman-general. (The Scandinavian form lagman occurs in historical use.)

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > in Orkney or Shetland

lawman1554

1554 in Bannatyne Misc. (1855) III. 84 The seill of..Henrie Randale lawman [L. legiferi].

1577 in D. Balfour Oppress. 16th Cent. Orkney & Zetland (1859) 36 The electione of Nichole Ayth..to the office of Lawman-generale of all Zetland.

1577 in D. Balfour Oppress. 16th Cent. Orkney & Zetland (1859) 37 Quhilk the said Lawman keipit and observit as ane just bismeyre all his dayis.

1805 G. Barry Hist. Orkney ii. v. 217 The President, or principal person in the Lawting, was named the Great Foud or Lagman.

1892 G. Goudie in Proc. Soc. Ant. Scotl. XXVI. 190 A functionary termed the ‘Lawman’ held the important office of legal adviser and judge of assize, and had generally the superintendence of the framing and interpretation of the law... The office of Lawman was apparently elective.

3. A man of law, lawyer. Obsolete except as nonce-word.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun]

lawyer1377

man of lawc1405

practiserc1450

jurist1481

lawman1535

practitioner1576

man of the long coat1579

(a gentleman) toward the law1592

gownsman1627

law-driver1640

long-robe man1654

green bag1699

flycatcher1708

homme d'affaires1717

jet1728

law-solicitor1738

shark1806

blue bag1817

law-person1819

law-gentleman1837

maître1883

lip1929

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 87 He hes gart seik in mony sindrie land..Leichis, lawmen, and mony vther mo.

1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike Ded. sig. ¶3 The study of the law,..by these lawmens report, is so hard.

1694 R. L'Estrange Fables (1714) ccxxvii. 247 Nothing Commoner in Times of Danger than for Law-Men to leave their Masters.

1830 J. Hodgson in J. Raine Mem. (1858) II. 177 Mr. Howard the artist, who resides..with his brother, I think, who is a lawman.

4. A law enforcement officer. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun]

grithsergeant1293

Officer of the Lawc1380

peace officer1649

town officer1667

constable?c1682

myrmidon1699

limb of the law1730

ossifer1819

eirenarch1867

Keystone1929

lawman1959

1959 P. Cook in Granta 6 June 33/1 Had he actually seen the rough law-men bundle the startled Widow into the Black Maria?

1962 R. Barker Clue for Murder ix. 57 Some lawmen took a delight in seeing the criminal squirm.

1972 Radio Times 30 Mar. 14/4 A retired lawman, still sporting a tin star, demonstrated how he could kill with either hand.

1973 J. Wainwright Devil you Don't 65 He surely hated Davis... He also hated this goddam lawman.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	lawman
释义	lawmann. Brit. /ˈlɔːman/, /ˈlɔːmən/, U.S. /ˈlɔˌmæn/, /ˈlɔmən/, /ˈlɑˌmæn/, /ˈlɑmən/ Etymology: < law n.¹ + man n.¹; the Old English lahmann was probably < Old Norse laga-, lǫgmann- (nominative -maðr), whence Anglo-Latin lagamannus, lagemannus, by some writers on legal antiquities anglicized as lageman. Now chiefly Historical. 1. Old English Law. a. One whose official duty it was to declare the law. (Kingsley's use is incorrect.) ΘΚΠ society > law > legislation > legislator > [noun] > declarer of law lawmana1000 a1000 Ordin. Dunsætas c. 3 in Schmid Gesetze 360 xii lahmen scylon riht tæcean Wealan and Ænglan, vi Englisce and vi Wylisce. ?a1200 Laws Edw. Conf. c. 38 in Schmid Gesetze 518 Postea inquirat justicia per lagemannos. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake II. i. 2 ‘Where is the lawman of the town?’ ‘I was lawman last night, to see such law done as there is left’, said Pery. b. In the five Danish boroughs, one of a specified number of magistrates or aldermen (in some cases twelve). (As our knowledge of this class of officials is mainly derived from Domesday, which uses the latinized form lagemannus, the word often appears in Historical use as lageman.) ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > magistrate in city or borough > in 5 Danish boroughs lawman1086 society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > in the five Danish boroughs lawman1672 1086 Domesday Bk. (1783) I. f. 336/1 [Phillimore: Lincs. (Lincoln) C.2] In ipsa ciuitate erant xii Lageman, id est habentes sacam & socam. 1672 T. Manley Νομοθετης: Cowell's Interpreter sig. Rr2b Lageman, Homo habens legem, or as we term it, Homo legalis, such as we now call Good men of the Jury. 1675 J. Ogilby Britannia 156 Lincoln..in Doomsday-Book accounted..900 Burgesses, with 12 Lage-men having Sac and Soc. c1818 J. Britton Lincs. 796 In the time of the Conqueror, Stamford was governed by the lagemen or aldermen. 1864 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. IV. 5 Lincoln's Lawmen kept their statutes. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xxi. 578 York..retained..vestiges of the constitutional government by its lawmen which had existed before the Conquest. 1897 F. W. Maitland Domesday Bk. & Beyond 89 The lawmen of Stamford had sake and soke within their houses. 2. Orkney and Shetland. The president of the supreme court in the Orkney and the Shetland Islands respectively. Also lawman-general. (The Scandinavian form lagman occurs in historical use.) ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > in Orkney or Shetland lawman1554 1554 in Bannatyne Misc. (1855) III. 84 The seill of..Henrie Randale lawman [L. legiferi]. 1577 in D. Balfour Oppress. 16th Cent. Orkney & Zetland (1859) 36 The electione of Nichole Ayth..to the office of Lawman-generale of all Zetland. 1577 in D. Balfour Oppress. 16th Cent. Orkney & Zetland (1859) 37 Quhilk the said Lawman keipit and observit as ane just bismeyre all his dayis. 1805 G. Barry Hist. Orkney ii. v. 217 The President, or principal person in the Lawting, was named the Great Foud or Lagman. 1892 G. Goudie in Proc. Soc. Ant. Scotl. XXVI. 190 A functionary termed the ‘Lawman’ held the important office of legal adviser and judge of assize, and had generally the superintendence of the framing and interpretation of the law... The office of Lawman was apparently elective. 3. A man of law, lawyer. Obsolete except as nonce-word. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] lawyer1377 man of lawc1405 practiserc1450 jurist1481 lawman1535 practitioner1576 man of the long coat1579 (a gentleman) toward the law1592 gownsman1627 law-driver1640 long-robe man1654 green bag1699 flycatcher1708 homme d'affaires1717 jet1728 law-solicitor1738 shark1806 blue bag1817 law-person1819 law-gentleman1837 maître1883 lip1929 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 87 He hes gart seik in mony sindrie land..Leichis, lawmen, and mony vther mo. 1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike Ded. sig. ¶3 The study of the law,..by these lawmens report, is so hard. 1694 R. L'Estrange Fables (1714) ccxxvii. 247 Nothing Commoner in Times of Danger than for Law-Men to leave their Masters. 1830 J. Hodgson in J. Raine Mem. (1858) II. 177 Mr. Howard the artist, who resides..with his brother, I think, who is a lawman. 4. A law enforcement officer. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun] grithsergeant1293 Officer of the Lawc1380 peace officer1649 town officer1667 constable?c1682 myrmidon1699 limb of the law1730 ossifer1819 eirenarch1867 Keystone1929 lawman1959 1959 P. Cook in Granta 6 June 33/1 Had he actually seen the rough law-men bundle the startled Widow into the Black Maria? 1962 R. Barker Clue for Murder ix. 57 Some lawmen took a delight in seeing the criminal squirm. 1972 Radio Times 30 Mar. 14/4 A retired lawman, still sporting a tin star, demonstrated how he could kill with either hand. 1973 J. Wainwright Devil you Don't 65 He surely hated Davis... He also hated this goddam lawman. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.a1000
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