When doing historical research, you end up reading strange books with strange titles.  Take, for instance, this classic that was written for young men reading law in the Inner Temple by one Mr. John Impey: The Practice of the Office of the Sheriff; Shewing  The Powers and Duties of those Offices. The Manner of Appointing the High Sheriff, the Under Sheriff and their Deputies. The Elections of the Serrifs of London and Middlesex with the Bye-Laws of the City Relating Thereto. The Nature of Actions by and Against Sheriffs Including All the Modern Determinations and Necesary Precedents of Retursn to Writs &c. Also The Practice of the Office of the…