Sheriff's Court
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Scotch law. A court having an extensive civil and criminal jurisdiction. Its judgments and sentences are subject to review by the court of session and court of justiciary. Alls. Prac. 25; Paterson, Comp. 941, note.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The court heid bsfore the sheriff's deputy, that is, the under-sheriff, and wherein actions are brought for recovery of debts under £20. Writs of inquiry are also brought here to be executed. The sheriff's court for the county of Middlesex is that wherein damages are assessed in proper cases after trial at Westminster. Brown.
Defined under Sheriff in Black's Law Dictionary.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
jury. v. Court, 33, 38, 39, 59, 97.