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• sheriff officer — noun (in Scotland) an officer connected with the sheriff court, who is responsible for raising actions, enforcing decrees, ensuring attendance of witnesses, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑sheriff …   Useful english dictionary

• Sheriff officer — A sheriff officer is an officer of the Scottish Sheriff Court, responsible for serving documents and enforcing court orders. The jurisdiction of a sheriff officer is limited to the area of their commission (the relevant sheriffdom or Sheriff… …   Wikipedia

• sheriff — sher·iff n [Old English scīrgerēfa, from scīr shire + gerēfa reeve (king s agent)]: an official of a county or parish charged primarily with judicial duties (as executing the processes and orders of courts and judges) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary …   Law dictionary

• sheriff — ► NOUN 1) (also high sheriff) (in England and Wales) the chief executive officer of the Crown in a county. 2) an honorary officer elected annually in some English towns. 3) (in Scotland) a judge. 4) US an elected officer in a county, responsible… …   English terms dictionary

• Sheriff — Sher iff, n. [OE. shereve, AS. sc[=i]r ger?fa; sc[=i]r a shire + ger?fa a reeve. See Shire, and {Reeve}, and cf. {Shrievalty}.] The chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws, the serving of judicial writs… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• officer — of·fic·er n 1: one charged with administering or enforcing the law a police officer 2: one who holds an office of trust, authority, or command the directors, officer s, employees, and shareholders of a corporation 3: one who holds a position of… …   Law dictionary

• Sheriff — (engl., spr. schérrif, v. angelsächs. scirgerefa, »Hüter oder Richter der Grafschaft«), in England der von der Krone bestellte erste richterliche Beamte einer, Grafschaft. Jede Grafschaft hat einen S. (High S.); nur die City von London hat deren… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

• Sheriff Gomez — Sheriff ML Gomez (* um 1960) ist amtierender Minister für Jugend und Sport (englisch Minister of Youth and Sports) des westafrikanischen Staates Gambia.[1] Von 1983 bis 1986 war Gomez bei der Gambia Civil Aviation Authority angestellt.[1]… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• sheriff’s sale — n. A sale of property by a sheriff or court officer ordered by a court to satisfy a judgment, such as a foreclosure, often conducted as an auction. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney… …   Law dictionary

• officer — [n1] person who has high position in organization administrator, agent, appointee, bureaucrat, chief, civil servant, deputy, dignitary, director, executive, functionary, head, leader, magistrate, manager, officeholder, official, president, public …   New thesaurus

• sheriff — [sher′if] n. [ME schirreve < OE scirgerefa < scir, SHIRE + gerefa, REEVE1] 1. in England, esp. formerly, any of various officers of a shire, or county ☆ 2. in the U.S., the chief law enforcement officer of a county, charged in general with… …   English World dictionary