THE LAW

OF THE

OFFICE AND DUTIES OF THE SHERIFF.

OF

THE OFFICE AND DUTIES

OF THE SHERIFF.

WITH THE

Writs and Forms relating to the Office.

BY

CAMERON CHURCHILL, B.A.,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

ASSISTED BY

A. CARMICHAEL BRUCE, B.A.,

OF LINCOLN'S INN, BARRISTER-AT LAW,

BIBLIOTHECA

MAY 1879

BODLEIANAY

LONDON:

STEVENS AND SONS, 119, CHANCERY LANE,
Law Publishers and Booksellers.

LONDON:

STEVENS AND RICHARDSON, PRINTERS, 5, GREAT QUEEN STREET,

LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, W.c.

Dedicated

BY KIND PERMISSION

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

HUGH MCCALMONT, EARL CAIRNS,

LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF GREAT BRITAIN,

&c., &c., &c.