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sheriff-depute

sheriff-depute noun: the sheriff proper, so called since the abolition of the heritable jurisdictions in 1748 to distinguish him from the earlier heritable sheriff-principal, whose title is now merged into that of the Lord-Lieutenant.

Noun

sheriff-depute (plural sheriff-deputes or sheriffs-depute)

  1. (Scotland, historical) The sheriff proper, so called since the abolition of the heritable jurisdictions in 1748 to distinguish him from the earlier heritable sheriff-principal, whose title is now merged into that of the Lord-Lieutenant.

Forms of sheriff-depute

pluralsheriff-deputes
pluralsheriffs-depute

Questions about sheriff-depute

What does sheriff-depute mean?
Sheriff-depute means the sheriff proper, so called since the abolition of the heritable jurisdictions in 1748 to distinguish him from the earlier heritable sheriff-principal, whose title is now merged into that of the Lord-Lieutenant.
What part of speech is sheriff-depute?
Sheriff-depute is a noun.
What is the plural of sheriff-depute?
The plural of sheriff-depute is sheriff-deputes.

Words near sheriff-depute in the dictionary

  1. sheriff clerk
  2. sheriff clerks
  3. Sheriff Hutton
  4. sheriff officer
  5. sheriff officers
  6. sheriff-depute
  7. sheriff-deputes
  8. sheriff-substitute
  9. sheriffalties
  10. sheriffalty
  11. sheriffcies

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