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nounthe principal law-enforcement officer in a countytype of:
Definition that contains sheriff
- deputy someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies
- marshall a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law
- execution a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
- marshal a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law
- constable a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
- forced sale a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation
- nihil (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ)
- judgment lien lien on a debtor's property that is granted to a creditor by court judgment; lien may be enforced by having the sheriff seize the property and hold a sheriff's sale
- venire facias a judicial writ ordering a sheriff to summon people for jury duty
- deputy sheriff someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies