Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

reeve (reev).

Hist. 1. A ministerial officer of high rank having local jurisdiction; the chief magistrate of a hundred. ( The reeve executed process, kept the peace, and enforced the law by holding court within the hundred. 2. A minor officer serving the Crown at the hundred level; a bailiff or deputy-sheriff. 3. An overseer of a manor, parish, or the like. - Also spelled reve. - Also termed greve.