sheriffdom
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[edit]Noun
[edit]sheriffdom (plural sheriffdoms)
- The regions in which a sheriff has authority.
- Crossing the river got him beyond his old nemesis' sheriffdom and into the territory of a more liberal authority.
- 2014, Scottish Parliament, “Section 1(1)”, in Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014[1], page 1:
- For the purposes of the administration of justice, Scotland is to be divided into areas, each to be known as a “sheriffdom”.
- The office, or period of office, of a sheriff.
- His sheriffdom began with his election and ended with his death.
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