constablewick

noun

constablewick

noun

Etymology From constable + wick (“village”).

1

Obsolete The district to which a constable's power is limited.

If directed to the constable of D. he is not bound to execute the warrant out of the precincts of his constablewick1736, Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ:

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