Sheri

1. A female given name, variant of Sherry.

alternative Sheri'

1. obsoleteObsolete form of Shar

   The Sheri being based upon the Koran is held to be divine and immutable.

   1876, T. Ashcroft, The Turko-Servian War, page 16

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   The law of the Sheri does not authorize the Khalíf to place beside him a power superior to his own.

   1880, Edward Sell, The Faith of Islam, page 87

   Whosever shall by misadventure be guilty of homicide, or shall have unintentionally occasioned the same, shall be sentenced by the judgment of the Court to make such compensation of a civil nature, as is due to the representatives of the deceased according to the law of the Sheri.

   1888, The Ottoman Penal Code, pages 78–79