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Sheriffwick

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

The jurisdiction of a sheriff.

Doctor & Stud, dial 2, c. 42, p. 232.

Called, in modern law, "bailiwick." The office of a sheriff. Finch, Law, bk.

4, c. 25.