Maire
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In Old English Law. A mayor; an officer classed with justices and sheriffs. In Old Scotch Law. An officer to whom process was directed. Otherwise called "mair of fie" (fee), and classed with the serjand. Skene de Verb. Sign. MAISON DE DIEU (Fr. house of God). A hospital; an almshouse; a monastery.
St. 39 Eliz. c. 5.