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Meaning of sheriff-depute

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

sheriff-depute

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.

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