1. the offices, jurisdictions, or terms of service of sheriffs
Usage: formal; legal

Examples

• The medieval shrievalties were important administrative divisions of the kingdom.
• He studied the boundaries of various shrievalties in 12th-century England.
• The reform affected multiple shrievalties across the region.
• Records of these shrievalties are preserved in the national archives.
• The historian compared the powers held by different shrievalties.
• Several shrievalties were consolidated during the administrative reorganization.