vicontiel
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman vicontiel, from Middle French visconte (“viscount”) + -iel. Equivalent to viscount + -ial.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vaɪ.kɑn.ti.əl/
Adjective
vicontiel (not comparable)
- (law, Britain, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a county.
- Vicontiel writs were those that were triable in the sheriff, or county, court.
- 1798, Henry Gwillim, A New Abridgment of the Law in Seven Volumes: 6: 5th edition, page 554:
- It is in the election of the party injured by a trespass, to sue out a writ of trespass that is returnable, or one that is not. The latter writ is called a vicontiel writ; because the matter therein complained of is to be determined before the sheriff ...
Further reading
- vicontiel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.