lagman

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See also: Lagman and lagmän

English

Noun

lagman (plural lagmans)

  1. Alternative form of laghman

Swedish

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Etymology

From Old Swedish laghman, from Old Norse lǫgmaðr. By surface analysis, lag +‎ man.

Noun

lagman c

  1. a chief judge[1] of a tingsrätt (“district court”) and länsrätt (“county administrative court”)
  2. Chief Justice (in Finland, the chief judge of a District Court)
  3. a president of a city court (in Stockholm, Göteborg, Malmö)[1]
  4. a head of division at a court of appeal
  5. (historical) lawspeaker, lawman

Declension

Declension of lagman
nominative genitive
singular indefinite lagman lagmans
definite lagmannen lagmannens
plural indefinite lagmän lagmäns
definite lagmännen lagmännens

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Utrikes namnbok (7th ed., 2007) →ISBN
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