In English law. Officers who perform the duties of sheriffs within liberties or privileged jurisdictions, in which formerly the king’s writ could not be executed by the sheriff. Spelman.
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In English law. Officers who perform the duties of sheriffs within liberties or privileged jurisdictions, in which formerly the king’s writ could not be executed by the sheriff. Spelman.
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