sheriffs
Badge-wearing county officials
Sheriffs is the plural of sheriff, a law enforcement officer typically elected to serve a county.
In the United States, sheriffs head county police departments, operate jails, and serve court papers.
The office carries considerable local authority: Three sheriffs from neighboring counties coordinated the search.
In England, the role is largely ceremonial.
Authorized substitute or assistant
- badgeWorn symbol of membership
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- posseArmed group pursuing fugitives
- warrantFormal authorization document
arrest · patrol · constable · marshal · county · precinct · lawman · star
Mounted cattle herder
- outlawFugitive from justice
- frontierEdge of settlement
- saloonDrinking establishment, often frontier
- gunslingerExpert pistol fighter
bounty · wanted poster · showdown · stagecoach · cattle · rustler · tombstone · holdup
Local administrative division
- ruralOf the countryside
- unincorporatedNot legally chartered
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- boundariesLines marking separation
districts · regional · municipal · state · local · parish · courthouse · precinct
Organized effort toward goal
- county seatAdministrative center of a region
- officeProfessional work location
- termFixed period or word
- oathFormal binding promise
incumbent · election · constituents · budget · department · accountability · appointment · politics
Legally forcing tenants out
- foreclosuresSeizure of mortgaged property
- court ordersBinding judicial directives
- seizuresInvoluntary convulsions or takings
- summonsFormal court notification
auctions · repossession · garnishment · liens · writs · execution · levies · judgments
deputy
Authorized substitute or assistant
- badgeWorn symbol of membership
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- posseArmed group pursuing fugitives
warrant · arrest · patrol · constable · marshal · county · precinct · lawman · star · holster
cowboy
Mounted cattle herder
gunslinger · bounty · wanted poster · showdown · stagecoach · cattle · rustler · tombstone · holdup · tin star
county
Local administrative division
- ruralOf the countryside
- unincorporatedNot legally chartered
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
boundaries · districts · regional · municipal · state · local · parish · courthouse · precinct · area
campaign
Organized effort toward goal
- county seatAdministrative center of a region
- officeProfessional work location
- termFixed period or word
oath · incumbent · election · constituents · budget · department · accountability · appointment · politics · administration
evictions
Legally forcing tenants out
- foreclosuresSeizure of mortgaged property
- court ordersBinding judicial directives
- seizuresInvoluntary convulsions or takings
summons · auctions · repossession · garnishment · liens · writs · execution · levies · judgments · notices
- medieval lifechivalry, royal courts, jousting, knighthood, falconry
- crimefighterscops, detectives, FBI, police, deputies
- English historyNorman Conquest, Domesday Book, Magna Carta, King Alfred, Henry VIII
- Historical Policingconstables, watchmen, night watch, bobbies, marshals
- medieval governancefeudal hierarchy, vassalage, lordship, commons, royal authority
- Norman EraNormans, William the Conqueror, Norman conquest, Domesday Book, Battle of Hastings
sheriffsoutlaws
Fugitives from justice
criminals · bandits · fugitives · lawbreakers · rustlers
sheriffsprisoners
Incarcerated individuals
inmates · convicts · detainees · wanted men · defendants
- sheriff's departmentCounty-level police agency
- deputy sheriffSheriff's subordinate officer
- county sheriffElected local law enforcer
- sheriff's officeCounty law enforcement agency
- sheriff badgeLaw officer's emblem
- Sheriff of NottinghamMedieval English law enforcer