单词 | sub-sheriff |
释义 | sub-sheriffn. Chiefly in Ireland and North America: an assistant or deputy sheriff; an undersheriff. Cf. high sheriff at sheriff n. 2a.Now historical except in Newfoundland. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > sheriff > undersheriff undersheriff1431 sub-sheriff1617 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 13 The extortions of Sheriffes and sub-Sheriffes. 1671 in Arch. Maryland (1884) II. 322 An Act prohibitting all sherriffes Subsherriffes or Deputy Sherriffes..to plead as an attorney in any Court or Courts..where he or they shall bear such office. 1745 Seasonable Advice to Protestants (ed. 2) 37 No Person shall be capable of acting as Subsherriff..who shall not have been a Protestant for five Years immediately before such his acting. 1759 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1923) 18 154 Mr. William Outten, one of the Sub Sheriffs of Worcester, was shot through the Body. 1853 ‘P. Paxton’ Stray Yankee in Texas iv. 52 A ‘halloo’ called us to the door. It was the sub-sheriff. 1890 Westm. Rev. Oct. 387 Catholics could not be high or sub-sheriffs. 1923 Times 20 Aug. 10/5 The sub-sheriff refused to accept decrees granted for malicious injury in lieu of the £100 deposit. 2001 St. John's (Newfoundland) Telegram (Nexis) 24 July a9 [In 1901] he was appointed to the newly created office of Sub-Sheriff of Newfoundland. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1617 |
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