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Definition of Shewers
1. shewer [n] - See also: shewer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shewers
Literary usage of Shewers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practice of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas in Personal by William Tidd, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer (1821)
"... and the names of both shewers must be inserted in the rule or order, and also
in the writ of ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the King's Bench Practice Court by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Bail Court, Alfred Septimus Dowling (1833)
"A rule was obtained for the Prothonotary to review his taxation, on an affidavit
stating that the writ of view did not contain the names of the shewers, ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1827)
"For travelling expences to the under she- riff, the shewers, and jurymen, each,
per mile - - '- - -010 Fee to the under sheriff where the distance does not ..."
4. The Law of the Office and Duties of the Sheriff: With the Writs and Forms by Alexander Carmichael Bruce, Cameron Churchill (1879)
"For travelling expenses to the undersheriff, shewers and jurymen, expenses actually
paid, ... 110 Fee to each of the shewers, the same as the undersheriff, ..."
5. The Rural Poetry of the English Language: Illustrating the Seasons and by Joseph William Jenks (1856)
"... vernal shewers Have fixed their roots ; nutritious summer suns Favored their
growth ; and mildest autumn smiled Benignant o'er them : vigorous, fair, ..."
6. Costs in the Superior Courts of Common Law and Probate and Divorce and in by John Scott (1860)
"Fee to each common• juryman, per diem . .050 Fee to each special juryman, per diem .
.110 Allowance for refreshment to the under-sheriff, shewers, ..."
7. The Practice of the Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster in Personal Actions by William Wareing (1836)
"(v) For travelling expenses to the Undersheriff, the shewers and Jurymen, ...
110 [Fee to each of the shewers, the same as to the Undersheriff, ..."
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