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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Contr. from

sheriffalty

. See

Noun.

The office, or sphere of jurisdiction, of a sheriff; sheriffalty.

It was ordained by 28 Edward I that the people shall have election of sheriff in every shire where the

shrievalty

is not of inheritance.

Blackstone.

Noun.

[from sherif.] Sherifalty; the office of a sherif.

It was ordained by 28 Ed. 1. that the people shall have election of sherif in every shire, where the shrievalty is not of inheritance. Blackstone.