constabulatory

English

Noun

constabulatory (plural constabulatories)

1. (obsolete) A constabulary.
   • a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], published 1724, →OCLC:

     the castle of Edinburgh was a constabulatory, and was out of the sheriff's jurisdiction