sheriff
noun
the law-enforcement officer of a county or other civil subdivision of a state.
sheriffdom
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a word derived from
sheriff.
Example Sentences
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Ms Webster also voiced concern that courts in the Grampian, Highland and Islands sheriffdom were being "side-lined" by the current failures.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2023
This week it emerged future jury trials would be unable to proceed at five courts in the Grampian, Highland and Islands sheriffdom.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2023
Dumbartonshire forms a sheriffdom with the counties of Stirling and Clackmannan, and there is a resident sheriff-substitute at Dumbarton, who sits also at Kirkintilloch.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
In 1357 he got from the Crown the hereditary sheriffdom of Cromartie, and eight years later the same Hugh Ross gave him the estate of Fisherie, in King-Edward, Aberdeenshire.
From Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight by John Willcock
By the death of Sir Walter's father, his income was increased, and this addition, with the salary of his sheriffdom, left him more at leisure to indulge his literary pursuits.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 571 (Supplementary Number) by Various
