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Definition of Sheriffs
1. sheriff [n] - See also: sheriff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheriffs
Literary usage of Sheriffs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"The authority to levy and collect tax fl. fa.'s seems to have been originally
vested In the sheriffs. Under the act approved December 12, 1804, ..."
2. A survey of London by John Stow (1842)
"ALDERMEN AND sheriffs OF LONDON. THERE be in this city, according to the number
of wards, twenty-six aldermen ; whereof yearly, on the feast day of St. ..."
3. Select Documents of English Constitutional History by George Burton Adams, Henry Morse Stephens (1906)
"Inquest of the sheriffs (1170. Latin text, Stubbs, SC 148. Translation by Editors.
1 Stubbs, 510.) IN the first place, the barons shall require bond and ..."
4. Select Documents of English Constitutional History by Henry Morse Stephens, Great Britain (1901)
"Inquest of the sheriffs (117o. Latin text, Stubbs, SC 148. Translation by Editors.
1 Stubbs, 51o.) IN the first place, the barons shall require bond and ..."
5. Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History by William Stubbs (1890)
"Inquest of sheriffs. AD 1170. INQUEST OF sheriffs. When Henry II returned from
the Continent in the spring 0/1170, after an absence of four years, ..."
6. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, Council of Safety (Conn.)., James Hammond Trumbull, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1881)
"Provided nevertheless, That the sheriffs of the respective counties in this ...
Provided also, That this act shall not extend to prohibit the sheriffs in ..."
7. Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History by William Stubbs (1905)
"INQUEST OF sheriffs. When Henry II returned from the Continent in the spring of
1170, after an absence of four years, he was received with loud complaints ..."
8. Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History by William Stubbs (1900)
"INQUEST OF sheriffs. When Henry II returned from the Continent in the spring of
1170, after an absence of four years, he was received with loud complaints ..."
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