This institution may be considered as a revival of the ancient local earldom ; and it certainly took away from the sheriff a great part of the dignity and importance which he had acquired since the discontinuance of that office. Yet the lord lieutenant... Local Government - Page 89by Sir Mackenzie Dalzell Edwin Stewart Chalmers - 1883 - 160 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Hallam - 1827 - 648 pages
...chief vicegerent of his sovereign, responsible for the maintenance of public order. This institution may be considered as a revival of the ancient local...the sheriff as the executive minister of the law. In certain cases, such as a tumultuous obstruction of legal authority, each might be said to possess... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1849 - 776 pages
...vicegerent of his sovereign, responsible for the maintenance of public order. This institution nrny be considered as a revival of the ancient local earldom...since the discontinuance of that office ; yet the lord-lieutenant has an authority so peculiarly military, that it does not in any degree control the... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1850 - 750 pages
...chief vicegerent of his sovereign, responsible for the maintenance of public order. This institution may be considered as a revival of the ancient local...the sheriff as the executive minister of the law. In certain cases, such as a tumultuous obstruction of legal authority, each might be said to possess... | |
 | David Rowland - 1859 - 608 pages
...chief vicegerent of his sovereign, responsible for the main' tenance of public order. This institution may be considered as a revival of the ancient local...acquired since the discontinuance of that office. Yet the lord-lieutenant has so peculiarly military an authority, that it does not in any degree curtail ths... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1872 - 708 pages
...chief viceregent of his sovereign, responsible for the maintenance of public order. This institution may be considered as a revival of the ancient local...the sheriff as the executive minister of the law. In certain cases, such as a tumultuous obstruction of legal authority, each might be said to possess... | |
 | Edward Breese - 1873 - 184 pages
...chief Vicegerent of his sovereign, responsible for the maintenance of public order. This institution may be considered as a revival of the ancient local...acquired since the discontinuance of that office. Yet the Lord-Lieutenant has so peculiarly military an authority, that it does not in any degree control the... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1876 - 486 pages
...chief vicegerent of his sovereign, responsible for the maintenance of public order. This institution may be considered as a revival of the ancient local...peculiarly military an authority, that it does not in an}' degree control the civil power of the sheriff as the executive minister of the law. In certain... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1877 - 460 pages
...chief vicegerent of his sovereign, responsible for the maintenance of public order. This institution may be considered as a revival of the ancient local...since the discontinuance of that office. - Yet the lord-lieutenant has so peculiarly military an authority, that it does not in any degree control the... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1878 - 1006 pages
...responsible for the maintenance of public order. This institution may be considered as a revival pt the ancient local earldom ; and it certainly took...the sheriff as the executive minister of the law. I certain cases, such as a tumultuous obstruction of legal authority, each might be said to possess... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1880 - 762 pages
...chief vice-regent of his sovereign, responsible for the maintenance of public order. This institution may be considered as a revival of the ancient local...sheriff a great part of the dignity and importance which he«had acquired since the discontinuance of that office. Yet the lord-lieutenant has so peculiarly... | |
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