sheriff-depute (English, noun)
expansion: sheriff-depute (plural sheriff-deputes or sheriffs-depute)
Senses:
glosses: The sheriff proper, so called since the abolition of the heritable jurisdictions in 1748 to distinguish him from the earlier heritable sheriff-principal, whose title is now merged into that of the Lord-Lieutenant.
tags: Scotland
historical
Forms:
form: sheriff-deputes
tags: plural
form: sheriffs-depute
tags: plural