Pocket Sheriff
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
A sheriff appointed by the sole authority of the crown, not having been previously nominated in the exchequer. The practice of occasionally naming pocket sheriffs continued until the reign of George III. (1 Bl. Com. 342; 2 Sieph. Com. 626.) Modey Sr W.