lagman

See also: Lagman and lagmän

Swedish

Etymology

lag +‎ man

Noun

lagman c

  1. a chief judge[1] of a tingsrätt (“district court”) and länsrätt (“county administrative court”)
  2. Chief Justice (in Finland, the chief judge of a District Court)
  3. a president of a city court (in Stockholm, Göteborg, Malmö)[1]
  4. a head of division at a court of appeal
  5. (historical) lawspeaker, lawman

Declension
Declension of lagman 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lagman lagmannen lagmän lagmännen
Genitive lagmans lagmannens lagmäns lagmännens

References
  1. Utrikes namnbok (7th ed., 2007) →ISBN
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