vicontiel

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman vicontiel, from Middle French visconte (“viscount”) + -iel. Equivalent to viscount +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vaɪ.kɑn.ti.əl/

Adjective

vicontiel (not comparable)

  1. (law, Britain, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a county.
    Vicontiel writs were those that were triable in the sheriff, or county, court.
    • 1798, Henry Gwillim, A New Abridgment of the Law in Seven Volumes: 6: 5th edition, page 554:
      It is in the election of the party injured by a trespass, to sue out a writ of trespass that is returnable, or one that is not. The latter writ is called a vicontiel writ; because the matter therein complained of is to be determined before the sheriff ...

Further reading
  • vicontiel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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