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Definition of Lawmen
1. lawman [n] - See also: lawman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lawmen
Literary usage of Lawmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Domesday Boroughs by Adolphus Ballard (1904)
"IF it were not that the lawmen of Domesday Book have been regarded as the nucleus
of a ... In the same city were 12 lawmen, that is, having sac and soc. ..."
2. The Story of Norway by Hjalmar H[jorth] Boyesen (1886)
"In order to improve the position of these lowly people and thereby gain their
friendship, Sverre appointed a new class of officers, the so-called lawmen, ..."
3. A History of Norway from the Earliest Times by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen (1900)
"In order to improve the position of these lowly people and thereby gain their
friendship, Sverre appointed a new class of officers, the so-called lawmen, ..."
4. Layamons Brut, or, Chronicle of Britain: A Poetical Semi-Saxon Paraphrase of by Layamon, Wace, Society of Antiquaries of London (1847)
"... but of Ella, and legitimate heir to the kingdom of Deira. P. 208. vv.
30113-30122.—Not in Wace, nor do I know whence lawmen obtained it. ..."
5. The Ancient Laws of Wales: Viewed Especially in Regard to the Light They by Hubert Lewis (1889)
"Spelman deemed that the lawmen were the same as legales homines, and meant men
recti in ... Somner and Lambard thought the lawmen signified the thanes, ..."
6. Programming, Pitfalls and Puppy-Dog Tales by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1993)
"QUOTING: CHIEF GATES AND AMERICAN CITIZENS & lawmen ASSOC “CALEA LETTER My
dear “Police Against the New World Order” supporters: Here are the two very ..."
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