Justices
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justices · the justices
in the texts
The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660
Local justices, tasked with nominating the collectors of loan monies within the county.
[Collectors to be nominated by the justices.
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
Royal judges before whom a 1226 case concerning the sheriff of Lincoln's tourn was pleaded.
In a curious case that came before the justices in 1226, this clause was pleaded as a defence against a charge of impeding the sheriff of Lincoln in the performance of his duties of holding “counties,” “thethings” (or courts of ridings), and wapentakes: