| 单词 | lawman-general |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslawman-general 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. < as lemmas |
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