A "sharp" clause in a mortgage or other security (or the whole instrument described as "sharp") is one which empowers the creditor to take prompt and summary action upon default in payment or breach of other conditions. … [Read more...] about SHARP
SHERIFFS SALE
The sale of property by the sheriff after being seized, pursuant to court judgment, so that a judgment creditor's judgment shall be satisfied against the debtor whose property was seized. … [Read more...] about SHERIFFS SALE
SHERRERIE
A word used by the authorities of the Roman Church, to specify contemptuously the technical parts of the law, as administered by non-clerical lawyers. Wharton. … [Read more...] about SHERRERIE
SHERIFF
Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal DefinitionIn American law. The chief executive and administrative officer of a county, being chosen by popular election. His principal duties are In aid of the criminal courts and civil courts of record; such as serving process, summoning juries, executing judgments, holding judicial sales, and the like. He is also the chief conservator of the … [Read more...] about SHERIFF
SHERIFFWICK
The jurisdiction of a sheriff. Called, in modern law, "bailiwick." The office of a sheriff. … [Read more...] about SHERIFFWICK