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SHERIFF definition: 1. in the US, an official whose job is to be in charge of performing the orders of the law courts…. Learn more.
The meaning of SHERIFF is an important official of a shire or county charged primarily with judicial duties (such as executing the processes and orders of courts and judges).
A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England where the office originated. There is an analogous, although independently developed, office in Iceland that is commonly translated to English as sheriff . Description.
Sheriff definition: the law-enforcement officer of a county or other civil subdivision of a state.. See examples of SHERIFF used in a sentence.
1. A public officer in the United States with responsibility for certain law enforcement and administrative legal duties, such as making arrests and serving processes, usually for a particular county. 2. A public officer in various other countries performing certain law enforcement, judicial, or ceremonial functions.
A sheriff is a person who is elected to make sure that the law is obeyed in a particular region.
an elected law officer in a county (= an area of local government) (Definition of sheriff from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
