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单词 undersheriff
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undersheriffn.

Brit. /ˈʌndəˌʃɛrɪf/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌʃɛrəf/
Forms: (see sheriff n.).
Etymology: under- prefix1 3a(a): compare sheriff n. 2.
A deputy sheriff.
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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > sheriff > undersheriff
undersheriff1431
sub-sheriff1617
α.
1431 in J. Raine Hist. Dunelmensis Scriptores Tres (1839) App. p. ccxxi Ye shall noon hafe to be your undershireve or clerk that was undershyreve or any of the Shyreves clerkes the last yere passed.
a1455 E. Witchingham in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 83 He schall non vndirshireve ne non othir officer make.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Esdras vi. 7 The vnder shreue in Syria and Phenices.
1558 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. lxii. 457 The officers of this town..and the undershereve.
1631 F. Lenton Characterismi sig. G3v An Vndershriefe..is the feare and terror of all debtors.
a1658 J. Cleveland Young Man to Old Woman in Poems 35 Like Aldermen, or Under-shrieves With Canvas Backs, and Velvet-Sleeves.
β. 1444 Rolls of Parl. V. 108/1 No Sherryff, ne Under Shereff, ne Clerk of the Sherryff.1501 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 159 Which Inpanell the sayd William Rossell had of the underschereffe of Nottingham.1589 R. Payne Briefe Descr. Ireland 5 There is a sheriffe of euerie countie, with vndersheriffes.a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) v. ii. 73 An Under-sheriffe,..being well paid, will serve An extent on Lords, or Lowns land.1665 in Extracts State Papers (Friends' Hist. Soc.) (1912) 3rd Ser. 240 The Bishop of Durham..nominates both high sheriffs and under sheriffs.1723 in Harris Life Ld. Hardwicke (1847) I. 130 He made a speech at the gallows, and delivered a paper to the undersheriff.1769 J. Wesley Jrnl. 13 July The Under-Sheriff had promised the use of the Town-hall.1835 1st Rep. Commissioners Munic. Corporations Eng. & Wales App. iii. 1991 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 116) XXIV. 1 [Nottingham] Officers of the corporation..[include] Two Sheriffs. An Under-Sheriff, who is also Steward.1877 W. H. Burroughs On Taxation 327 The under-sheriff cannot perform the duties of collector.

Derivatives

undersheriffry n. = undersheriffship n.
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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > sheriff > undersheriff > office of
undersheriffship1615
undersheriffwick1620
undersheriffry1625
undershrievalty1836
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 307 The Cardinals of Rome..call all Temporall..Emploiments, Sbirrerie; which is, Vnder-Sheriffries;..Though many times, those Vndersherifferies doe more good, then their High Speculations.
1666 Bp. S. Parker Free Censvre Platonick Philos. 17 Being raised above the little concernments and under-Shreiveries of this life (as the Cardinals of Rome are pleased to stile all secular employments).]
undersheriffship n. the office of an undersheriff.
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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > sheriff > undersheriff > office of
undersheriffship1615
undersheriffwick1620
undersheriffry1625
undershrievalty1836
1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. L3v His honesty and learning bring him to Under-sherif-ship [7th impr.: Vnder-shrif-ship; 13th impr. Vnder-Shriueship].
1782 E. Burke Let. Penal Laws Rom. Catholics in Wks. (1792) III. 527 The exclusion from the law,..from sheriff~ships, and under-sheriff-ships.
1845 Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors I. xxx. 512 He declined a handsome pension.., which he could not hold without resigning his under-sheriffship.
undersheriffwick n. = undersheriffship n.
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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > sheriff > undersheriff > office of
undersheriffship1615
undersheriffwick1620
undersheriffry1625
undershrievalty1836
1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 50 All emoluments..to the office of sherifwicke or undersherifwicke belonging.
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> as lemmas

under-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.
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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.
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