Definition of Sheriffdoms. Meaning of Sheriffdoms. Synonyms of Sheriffdoms

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Definition of Sheriffdoms

Sheriffdom
Sheriffalty Sher"iff*al*ty, Sheriffdom Sher"iff*dom, Sheriffry Sher"iff*ry, Sheriffship Sher"iff*ship, Sheriffwick Sher"iff*wick, n. The office or jurisdiction of sheriff. See Shrievalty.

Meaning of Sheriffdoms from wikipedia

- A sheriffdom is a judicial district in Scotland, led by a sheriff prin****l. Since 1 January 1975, there have been six sheriffdoms. Each sheriffdom is...
- paired to form sheriffdoms, a process of amalgamation that was to continue until the twentieth century, and thus led to the sheriffdoms and the shires...
- different procedures. There are six sheriffdoms in Scotland, each with a sheriff prin****l. Within each sheriffdom are sheriff court districts, each with...
- each sheriffdom presided over by a single sheriff prin****l. The sheriffdom boundaries were amended and the sheriffdoms redescribed by the Sheriffdoms (Alteration...
- with Glasgow being the only current city to form a registration county. Sheriffdoms are judicial areas. Since 1 January 1975, these have been six in number:...
- eighteenth century many counties were grouped to form "sheriffdoms". By 1975 there were 12 sheriffdoms, with only Lanarkshire not grouped with another county...
- West Lothian (Scots: Wast Lowden; Scottish Gaelic: Lodainn an Iar) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, bordering (in a clockwise direction) the...
- 55°58′N 4°32′W / 55.96°N 4.53°W / 55.96; -4.53 Dunbartonshire (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann) or the County of Dumbarton is a historic county...
- involves the counties of Scotland. The counties have their origins in the sheriffdoms or shires over which a sheriff (a contraction of shire reeve) exercised...
- William St. Clair (died 1297), 6th Baron of Roslin, was a Scottish nobleman of the late 13th century. According to Roland Saint-Clair, writing in the late...