As you may have noticed, above you will find words for "The sheriff proper, so called since the abolition of the heritable jurisdictions in 1748 to distinguish him from the earlier heritable sheriff-principal, whose title is now merged into that of the Lord-Lieutenant.". Hover the mouse over the word you'd like to know more about to view its definition. Click to find a better fitting word. Finally, thanks to ChatGPT, the overall results have been greatly improved.