constablewick
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
constablewick (plural constablewicks)
- (obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
- 1736, Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ:
- If directed to the constable of D. he is not bound to execute the warrant out of the precincts of his constablewick
References[edit]
- “constablewick”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.