Gerefa

Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Reeve, {q. v.)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A reeve; a sheriff.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Reeve, which see.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In Saxon law. Greve, reve or reeve; a ministerial officer of high antiquity in England; answering to the grave or graf (grafio) of the early continental nations. The term was applied to various grades of officers, from the scyre-gerefa, shire-grefe or shire-reve, who had charge of the county, (and whose title and office have bsen perpetuated in the modern "'sheriff,") down to the tun-geref a or town-reeve, and lower. Burrill.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

grefa, refa, saoo.

In Saxon law. Greve, reve or reeve, a ministerial ofl Bcer of high antiquity in England, answering to the grave or graf of the early continental nations; a steward or super-

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In Saxon law. Greve, reve, or reeve; a ministerial officer of high antiquity in England; answering to the grave or graf (grafio) of the early continental nations. The term was applied to various grades of officers, from the scyre-gerefa, shire-grefe, or shire-reve, who had charge of the county, (and whose title and office have been perpetuated in the modern "sheriff,") down to the tun-gerefa, or town-reeve, and lower. Burrill.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

sax. A reeve; an officer.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Grefa, Refa. Sax. [from gerefen or reafen, to exact or take away.] In Saxop law. Greve, reve or reeve; a ministerial officer of high antijjuity in England; answering to the grave or graf {grafio,) of the early continental nations. The term was applied to various grades of officers, from the scyre-gerefa, shire-grefe or shire-reve, who had charge of the county, (and whose title and office have been perpetuated in the modern sheriff,) down to the tun-gerefa, or town-reeve, and lower. Spelman (voc. Gfrajio,) supposes it to have properly denoted an officer employed to collect taxes, or public dues, (ad jura fisealia exigenda.) 1 Spencers Chancery, 60. See Ghrafio, Ghreve. Reeve. A steward or superintendent. Sax, Evang, Matt, xx. 8.