VE. In old English law. A minis* terial officer of justice. His duties seem to have combined many of those now confided to the sheriff or constable and to the justlce of the peace. He was also called, in Saxon, “gcrefa
VE. In old English law. A minis* terial officer of justice. His duties seem to have combined many of those now confided to the sheriff or constable and to the justlce of the peace. He was also called, in Saxon, “gcrefa