deemster
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Or at midnight, in his own home, a deemster might be broken in upon by a clamorous gang of disputants and their witnesses, who came from the pot-house for the settlement of their differences.
From The Little Manx Nation - 1891 by Sir Hall Caine
On such occasions, the deemster invariably acted on the sound old legal maxim, once recognised by an Act of Parliament, that suits not likely to bear good costs should always be settled out of court.
From The Little Manx Nation - 1891 by Sir Hall Caine
Ye'll no dee as lang as he's your deemster.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
"Trilby" is a very different book, and it would be a catholic palate indeed that would relish equally the story of the Paris grisette and the story of the Manx deemster.
From The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin by James F. (James Fullarton) Muirhead
Once more, no inquest of a deemster, no judge or jury, was necessary to the death-sentence of a man who rose against the king or his governor on his seat on Tynwald.
From The Little Manx Nation - 1891 by Sir Hall Caine
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