Word Meanings - BEADLERY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Office or jurisdiction of a beadle.

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• BEADLESHIP
  The state of being, or the personality of, a beadle. A. Wood.
• OFFICEHOLDER
  An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
• BEADLERY
  Office or jurisdiction of a beadle.
• OFFICE WIRE
  Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc.
• JURISDICTION
  The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judicial authority over a cause or class of causes; as, certain suits or actions, or the cognizance of certain crimes,
• OFFICER
  Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day , the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard,
• BEADLE
  OHG. butil, putil, G. büttel, fr. OHG. biotan, G. bieten, to bid, 1. A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an apparitor or summoner. 2. An officer in a university,
• OFFICE
  The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. As for the offices, let them stand at distance. Bacon. (more info) 1. That which a person does, either
• JURISDICTIONAL
  Of or pertaining to jurisdiction; as jurisdictional rights. Barrow.
• POST OFFICE
  See POST
• BOOKING OFFICE
  1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold.
• CROWN OFFICE
  The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.
• SUBBEADLE
  An under beadle.
• SUBOFFICER
  An under or subordinate officer.
• UNDEROFFICER
  A subordinate officer.
• OVEROFFICE
  To domineer over by virtue of office. Shak.