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shrieval

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shrie·val  (shrvl)
adj.
Of or relating to a sheriff.
[From obsolete shrieve, variant of sheriff.]
shrieval·ty n.
shrieval [ˈʃriːvəl]
adj
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of or relating to a sheriff
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He said: "He was present in the property and his attention was drawn to a photograph of someone in shrieval garb.
JUDGE DREAD; Sheriff pic scares conman by The Mirror (London, England)
The continuity of parliamentary and civic activism against the crown in 1680-82 is stressed; indeed, De Krey argues, the London shrieval election of June-September 1682 is far more instrumental in exemplifying a national Tory reaction than the dissolution of the Oxford Parliament the previous year.
London and the Restoration, 1659-1683 by Walkling, Andrew R. / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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