Word Meanings - UNDERSHERIFF - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A sheriff's deputy.

Related words: (words related to UNDERSHERIFF)

• 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
• DEPUTY
  1. One appointed as the substitue of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc.
• SHERIFFALTY; SHERIFFDOM; SHERIFFRY; SHERIFFSHIP; SHERIFFWICK
  The office or jurisdiction of sheriff. See Shrievalty. (more info) Sher"iff*wick, n.
• UNDERSHERIFF
  A sheriff's deputy.
• UNSHERIFF
  To depose from the office of sheriff.
• UNDERSHERIFFRY
  Undershrievalty.