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sheriff

Saxon shire, a part sheared off: a division, county; and reeve, a bailiff, officer. An officer who represents the administrative power of a State within one of its counties: an officer who executes the mandates of the courts of record within a county; the chief ministerial officer in a county.

Source : William C. Anderson, A Dictionary of Law (1893)

Language : English

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