| 词汇 | sheriff |
| 释义 | sheriff noun[ C ] uk /ˈʃer.ɪf/ us /ˈʃer.ɪf/ in the US, an official whose job is to be in charge of performing the orders of the law courts and making certain that the laws are obeyed within a particular county（美国的）县治安官 in England and Wales, a person who represents the king or queen in a particular county, and whose duties are mainly in official ceremonies（英格兰和威尔士的）郡长 the most important judge of a county in Scotland（苏格兰的）郡法官 Lawyers & legal officials amicus articled articled clerk attorney attorney general counsellor DPP draftswoman firm I rest my caseidiom KC notary paralegal pettifogger probation officer procurator super-firm superlawyer take silkidiom tribune You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: People in charge of or controlling other people Judges & juries sheriff | American Dictionarysheriff noun[ C ] us/ˈʃer·əf/ an elected law officer in a county (= an area of local government) Examples of sheriffsheriff Circular letters were dispatched to the high sheriffs of all counties, requesting information on all convicts under sentence of transportation who were still in their care. There the king forbade anyone to do the abbot any injustice (unriht); here the king orders the sheriffs to use their position to stop anyone from doing him injustice (iniusticia). Politics, in this view, is strategic interaction amongst self-interested agents in institutional contexts with no external enforcement mechanism (like sheriffs and courts in an economic contracting setting). During a sequence of leapfrogging justice extending over five years, the respective duties of sheriffs, marshals, court clerks, federal commissioners, and judges would all become issues of litigation. He made them sheriffs and parish judges. Capital punishment plays an important role in state politics ; all serious politicians, judges and sheriffs seeking election or re-election do so on a pro-capital punishment platform. No decision has yet been made on the issue of the accountability of high sheriffs, under sheriffs and sheriff's officers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In addition, sheriffs undertook judicial business in chambers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is the matter of the relationship between the clerks and the judges and the sheriffs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have no doubt that the vast majority of sheriffs are manifestly sane and would not want to put themselves in that position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No, because honorary sheriffs do not get paid. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The appointment of honorary sheriffs is not my responsibility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We intend to retain a distribution of enforcement business between bailiffs and sheriffs broadly as at present. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They might be sheriff's officers or other bailiffs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why did not armies of tipstaffs, bailiffs, sheriffs and process servers go round the pit villages to try to bring about a settlement? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of sheriff These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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