Shrievalty
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The office, or sphere of jurisdiction, of a sheriff sheriffalty. It was ordained by 28 Edward I that the people shall have election ofsheriff in every shire where the shrievalty is not of inheritance. Blackstone.
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The office, jurisdiction, or tenure of a sheriff.
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