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Sheriffs Act 1887

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Citation
  
50 & 51 Vict. c.55

Royal assent
  
16 September 1887

Territorial extent
  
England and Wales

Commencement
  
16 September 1887

Sheriffs Act 1887

Long title
  
An Act to consolidate the Law relating to the office of Sheriff in England, and to repeal certain enactments relating to Sheriffs which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary.

The Sheriffs Act 1887 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It sets out the appointments and qualifications of Sheriffs in England and Wales.

The Act gives sheriffs the right to arrest those resisting a warrant (posse comitatus).

References

Sheriffs Act 1887 Wikipedia