The Sheriffs Act 1887 is an
Act of the
Parliament of the
United Kingdom
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. 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
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1887
English law
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