sheriffdomn.
/ˈʃɛrɪfdəm/ 1. A district or territory under the jurisdiction of a sheriff. Scottish.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under a sheriff
sheriffdom1385
shirewick1460
sheriffwick1535
society > law > legal power > [noun] > extent or range of jurisdiction > a district > under specific jurisdiction
sheriffdom1385
wardenry1462
the verge (of the court)1529
sheriffwick1535
circuit1574
territoryc1626
Home Circuit1664
hundred-court1671
byrlaw1850
1385 in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) App. 410 in Parl. Papers (C. 673) XXXIII. 337 In the sheradom of Perth.
1453 Dunfermline Reg. (Bannatyne Club) 340 Landis..lyand in þe Regalite of Dunfermlyn and the serrafdome of fyff.
1457 in Acts Parl. Scotl. (1875) XII. 25/1 Quhilke assise [was]..chosin be þar avise of foure seradomes.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xi. 81 In the schirefdome of galloua.
1662 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1740) I. 51 Lands lyeing in severall Shirriffdoms.
1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) IV. 261 The Isle of Arran, which with Bute make up one Sheriffdom.
1854 Act 17 & 18 Victoria c. 91 §37 The sheriff of the sheriffdom in which the offence shall have been committed.
1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 52 The Hill..had borne the gallows of the sheriffdom on its crest.
1894 Times 19 Dec. 8/2 To officiate also as Sheriff-Substitute of the Sheriffdom of Argyll.
2. The office of sheriff.
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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > sheriff > office of
sheriffhoodc1450
sheriffwick1451
sheriffship1473
sheriffalty1518
shrievaltyc1525
sheriffdom1596
sheriffry1610
shrievaldom1679
shrievalrya1715
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 127 This office na vthirwyse dependes than of heritage quhairthrouch vnto thame selfes thay ascriue schirrefdomes.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 578 This Sherifedome was..translated hereditarily into the family of the Beauchamps.
1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iv. 552 A Couple..that had the Sheriffedome Of London that sad yeare.
1806 W. Scott Let. 25 Jan. (1932) I. 274 The situation is..£800 a-year, besides being consistent with holding my sheriffdom.
1819 Monthly Mag. 48 5 It was thus that the hereditary sheriffdom of the county of Westmoreland came to the family of Tufton.
1858 C. M. Yonge Cameos xlvii, in Monthly Packet Oct. 345 David bestowed on him the government of the castle, and the Sheriffdom of Teviotdale.
1885 H. B. Wheatley in Antiquary Feb. 48/1 He was afterwards deprived of his sheriffdom and of his aldermanic gown.
3. jocularly. The realm or order of sheriffs.
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1904 H. Hawkins Reminisc. II. xliii. 47 All the pomp and splendour, in fact, that Sheriffdom was capable of.
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