portgreve

portgreve
The chief magistrate of an English seaport town.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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  • Portgreve — Port greve , Portgrave Port grave , [AS. portger[=e]fa; port a harbor + ger[=e]fa a reeve or sheriff. See {Reeve} a steward, and cf. {Portreeve}.] In old English law, the chief magistrate of a port or maritime town.; a portreeve. [Obs.] Fabyan.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • portgreve — I. see portgrave II. noun see portreeve …   Useful english dictionary

  • Portgrave — Portgreve Port greve , Portgrave Port grave , [AS. portger[=e]fa; port a harbor + ger[=e]fa a reeve or sheriff. See {Reeve} a steward, and cf. {Portreeve}.] In old English law, the chief magistrate of a port or maritime town.; a portreeve. [Obs.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • GRAFIO seu GRAVIO vel GRAVIUS — GRAFIO, seu GRAVIO, vel GRAVIUS a Germ. GRAVE, Angl GREVE et REVE, proprie Iudex est fiscalis; per translationem Comes, Comitisque Vicarius, i. e. Vicecomes, item Iudex simpliciter, Praeles, Praepositus. Apud auctores medii saeculi Exactor… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • portgrave — or portgreve variant of portreeve …   Useful english dictionary

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