"Beadlery" is a word in ENGLISH

The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.

The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a …

The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority.

Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his …

In the Scotch law. A bailie is (1) a magistrate having inferior criminal jurisdiction, similar to that of an alderman, …

In ecclesiastical law. The diocese of a bishop, or the circuit in which he has jurisdiction; the office of a …

A chief judge in the Turkish empire, so named originally because his jurisdiction extended to the cases of soldiers, who …

An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence …

A warrant or authority or letters patent, issuing from the govern-ment, or one of its departments, or a court, empowering …

Fr. A count or earl. In the ancient French law, the comte was an officer having jurisdiction over a particular …

An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials, takes cognizance of matters relating to honor, …

In French law. A municipal officer corresponding with alderman or burgess, and having in some Instances a civil Jurisdiction In …

In Amer-iean law. A judicial officer of inferior rank holding a court not of record, and having (usually) civil jurisdiction …

Lat. Justice. A jurisdiction, or the office of a judge

In English law. An officer in the royal household who has jurisdiction and cognizance of offenses com-mitted within the household …

The office, jurisdiction, or authority of a landgrave.

An officer under the Sax-on government, who had jurisdiction over a lath. Enc. Lond. See Lath

This term may have a more or less extensive signification according to the use and connection in which it occurs. …

An officer In Scotland, who, with the lord high constable, possessed a supreme itinerant jurisdiction in all crimes

The office or jurisdiction of a matriarch; a matriarchal form of government.