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Definition of Deemster
1. n. A judge in the Isle of Man who decides controversies without process.
Definition of Deemster
1. Noun. A judge; one who pronounces sentence or doom. ¹
2. Noun. A judge on the Isle of Man. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deemster
1. a judicial officer of the Isle of Man [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deemster
Literary usage of Deemster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"THE Committee deeply regret the loss in October last of one of their number,
deemster Gill, by whose pressing desire it was that the first excavation was ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and ...by William Davenport Adams by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"I Th« deemster. By HALL CAINE. Under the Greenwood Tree. By THOMAS HARDY. I The
life of the Field». By К ICI! AXU Jr. F» F.RIFS Walton and Cotton's ..."
3. A View of the Jurisprudence of the Isle of Man: With the History of Its by James Johnson (1811)
"... lawful for the governor, or either deemster, to grant a further respite of
time, at discretion; and this rule to be held in every degree of traverse *. ..."
4. The Ancient Ordinances and Statute Laws of the Isle of Man: Carefully Copied by Isle of Man, Mark Anthony Mills (1821)
"... that no Officer may imprison any Man for Debt, nor any other Cryme, but as
the deemster shall appoint by Law and Process. , ' Also we give for Law, ..."
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