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sheriff

• n. an appointed official who enforces certain court orders, such as evicting persons for failure to pay rent and escorting convicted persons to prison.

  • 1822  (1940)  _RESOLVED That William Kemp be appointed Sheriff for the District of Ossiniboia. . . .
  • 1849  The Sheriff was one of the most singular characters at this time in Kingston.
  • 1890  Capital punishment is the penalty fixed by law for murder in this country, and the sheriff is the officer appointed to carry out the sentence of the court.
  • 1963  He relieved as sheriff and clerk of the court at Red Deer and Hanna, and was in charge of the sheriff's office at Vegreville for six years before moving to Fort Macleod in 1938.