Word Meanings - RECEIPTOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who receipts; specifically , one who receipts for property which has been taken by the sheriff.

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• SHERIFF
  The chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws, the serving of judicial writs and processes, and the preservation of the peace. Note: In England, sheriffs are appointed by the king. In the United
• SPECIFICALLY
  In a specific manner.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• PROPERTY
  All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the dresses of the actors; stage requisites. I will draw a bill of properties. Shak. 6. Propriety; correctness. Camden. Literary property. See under Literary. -- Property man, one who has charge
• TAKEN
  p. p. of Take.
• SHERIFFALTY; SHERIFFDOM; SHERIFFRY; SHERIFFSHIP; SHERIFFWICK
  The office or jurisdiction of sheriff. See Shrievalty. (more info) Sher"iff*wick, n.
• IMPROPERTY
  Impropriety.
• MISTAKEN
  1. Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken. 2. Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.
• UNDERSHERIFF
  A sheriff's deputy.
• OUTTAKEN
  or prep. Excepted; save. Wyclif. Chaucer.
• UNSHERIFF
  To depose from the office of sheriff.
• UNDERSHERIFFRY
  Undershrievalty.
• MISTAKENLY
  By mistake. Goldsmith.
• MISTAKENNESS
  Erroneousness.
• DISPROPERTY
  To cause to be no longer property; to dispossess of. Shak.