Definition of Sheriffship. Meaning of Sheriffship. Synonyms of Sheriffship

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Definition of Sheriffship

Sheriffship
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 Sheriffship from wikipedia

- title was created in 1699 for the Agnew family, who held the hereditary sheriffship of Galloway for many generations. The Barony of Lochnaw was created in...
- first known sheriff is Gospatric (sheriff of Roxburgh). The hereditary sheriffship of Roxburghshire was possessed by the family of Douglas until the abolition...
- Ogilvy of Auchterhouse, and by this marriage he gained the heritable sheriffship and barony of Forfar. They were parents to two children: Alexander Stewart...
- barony of Freuch in Galloway. In January 1681, he was appointed to the sheriffships of Wigtown, Dumfries, Kirkcudbright and Annandale. In December 1682,...
- Wigtoun. Act in favour of Sir Andrew Agnewof Lochnaw, restoring him to the sheriffship of Wigtown. Not public and general March 1689 c. 66 — 25 April 1689 Act...
- one of the Earl of Cathness's and Earl of Argyll's 'Deputies' in the Sheriffship and Justiciary. The other Deputes are Lord Strathnaver himself, Ross...
- of his influence at court. He was deprived in 1630 of his heritable sheriffships of Aberdeen and Inverness. The same year a feud broke out between the...
- practice of his profession at the bar in Edinburgh. In 1780 he resigned his sheriffship and was appointed one of the advocates-depute by Henry Dundas, then Lord...
- and profligate Court. On 23 April 1662 he received a Commission of the Sheriffship of Ross-shire, which was afterwards renewed to him and to his eldest...
- This Barony together with the lands of Cavers, and also the hereditary sheriffship of Roxburghshire, were possessed by the family of Douglas from the early...