Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Shire

A county in Great Britain (esp. England), originally made up of many hundreds but later consisting of larger divisions set off by metes and bounds.

shire-reeve

See REEVE.

shire-reeve.

The reeve of a shire. ( The shire-reeve was a forerunner of the sheriff. -Also spelled shire-reve. - Also termed shiregerefa.