{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriffs-act-1887/schedule-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriffs-act-1887/schedule-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/50-51/55",
  "legislation_title": "Sheriffs Act 1887",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriffs-act-1887",
  "path": "schedule/1",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "THE FIRST",
  "heading": "Form of Warrant appointing Sheriff",
  "text": "At the Court at the day of present the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty in Council.\nTo A.B.,of\nWhereas Her Majesty was this day pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to nominate you for and appoint you to be sheriff of the county of during Her Majesty’s pleasure:\nThese are therefore to require you to take the custody and charge of the said county, and duly to perform the duties of sheriff thereof during Her Majesty’s pleasure, whereof you are duly to answer according to law.\nDated this day of\nBy Her Majesty’s command.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/50-51/55/schedule/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:36:28.653584+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}