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Definition of Deemsters
1. deemster [n] - See also: deemster
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deemsters
Literary usage of Deemsters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Manx Society, Brandeis Lawyers' Society (1871)
"The two deemsters are the temporal judges, both in cases of common law and of
life and death ; but most of the controversies, especially such as are too ..."
2. Publications by Manx Society, English Historical Society, Stair Society (1877)
"The LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR'S ORDER for the deemsters to pronounce Sentence of Death
upon WILLIAM CHRISTIAN. MR. ..."
3. The Ancient Ordinances and Statute Laws of the Isle of Man: Carefully Copied by Isle of Man, Mark Anthony Mills (1821)
"Mary, Anno Domini, att his Castle of Rushen, asked his deemsters and the xxiiij
the Laws ... To the which the said deemsters, with the xxiiij gave for Law, ..."
4. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, James Norris Brewer, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Frederic Shoberl, Joseph Nightingale, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, John Bigland, John Evans, Thomas Rees (1802)
"... sitting with the Governor, till sentence is to be pronounced; when, instead
of the usual enquiry of Guilty, or Not Guilty, the deemsters ask, ..."
5. History of the Isle of Man: With a Comparative View of the Past and Present by Hannah Ann Bullock (1816)
"... the Situation of the Manx under their Native Princes—Account of Sir John
Stanley—Manner of holding a Tynwald Court—remarkable Decision of deemsters ..."
6. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"... consisting of the Lieutenant-governor and Council—the latter being composed
of the Bishop, Attorney-general, two deemsters (or Judges), ..."
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