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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 shrie·val·ty /-vəlti/
 州長的職位

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Shriev·al·ty n.  The office, or sphere of jurisdiction, of a sheriff; sheriffalty.
    It was ordained by 28 Edward I that the people shall have election of sheriff in every shire where the shrievalty is not of inheritance.   --Blackstone.
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