Reve
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
or GREVE (Lat. gerefa, or refa, from reafian, to seize).
In English law
A chief officer or superintendent (praepositus, praefectus). Properly, according to Spelman, a collector or exactor of public moneys or fines. Shire reve, the reve or chief officer of the shire (pagi praepositus). Hence, sheriff. Tun greve, the reve or chief officer of a town (villae praepositus). Afterwards simply called "reve," and bailiff.
Spelman.
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