Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In old English law, pertaining to the sheriff or viscount.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (O. Eng. Law) Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a county.
- adjective See
Vicontiels . - adjective such writs as were triable in the sheriff, or county, court.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective law, UK, obsolete Of or pertaining to the
viscount orsheriff of acounty .
Etymologies
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From Old English vicounte a viscount. See viscount.
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Examples
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Fitzherbert (N.B. 85, F.) says that in the vicontiel writ of trespass, which is not returnable into the king's court, it shall not be said quare vi et armis.
The Common Law Oliver Wendell Holmes 1888
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