trithing-reeve

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English

Noun

trithing-reeve (plural trithing-reeves)

  1. (obsolete) The official governing a trithing.
    • 1771, William, Sir Blackstone, “Of the Countries Subject to the Laws of England”, in Commentaries on the Laws of England, volume 1, page 116:
      Where a county is divided into three of these intermediate jurisdictions, they are called trithings, which were antiently governed by a trithing-reeve. These trithings still subsist in the large county of York, where by an easy corruption they are denominated ridings; the north, the east, and the west-riding.