UNDER-SHERIFF

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Undersheriff \Un"der*sher`iff\, n.
     A sheriff's deputy.
     [1913 Webster]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:



  UNDER-SHERIFF. A deputy of a sheriff. The principal is called high-sheriff, 
  and the deputy the under-sheriff. Vide 1 Phil. Ev. Index, h.t.