justiciar
noun
a high judicial officer in medieval England.
justiciarship
-
a word derived from
justiciar.
Example Sentences
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Once more the king was forced to confirm the Provisions, agree to a fresh banishment of the aliens, and restore Hugh Despenser to the justiciarship.
From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by William Hunt
Under such a system the justiciarship practically ceased to exist.
From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by William Hunt
But William the Marshall died in 1219, Archbishop Stephen in 1228, and Hubert was dismissed from the justiciarship in 1234.
From The Rise of the Democracy by Joseph Clayton
Hubert was therefore compelled to resign the justiciarship.
From The English Church in the Middle Ages by William Hunt
The nation generally came to hate the Archbishop's taxation, the Church suffered by his neglect, and he was finally compelled to resign the justiciarship.
From The Rise of the Democracy by Joseph Clayton
