Noah Webster
Shrievalty
SHRIE'VALTY, noun [from sherif.] Sherifalty; the office of a sherif.
It was ordained by 28 Ed. 1. that the people shall have election of sherif in every shire, where the shrievalty is not of inheritance. Blackstone.
SHRIE'VALTY, noun [from sherif.] Sherifalty; the office of a sherif.
It was ordained by 28 Ed. 1. that the people shall have election of sherif in every shire, where the shrievalty is not of inheritance. Blackstone.