Assertion: sheriff's office | /r/HasProperty | unpaid privilege
Facets:
value: with ceremonial duties
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The office is now an unpaid privilege with ceremonial duties, the sheriffs being appointed annually by the Crown through a warrant from the Privy Council except in Cornwall, where the high sheriff is appointed by the Duke of Cornwall and in Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Lancashire, where the High Sheriff is appointed by the Duke of Lancaster (currently the Queen).