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Bailiff
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What's The Definition Of Bailiff?
[n] an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
Synonyms | Synonyms for Bailiff: Related Terms | Find terms related to Bailiff: attorney | beadle | beagle | bound bailiff | butler | captain | catchpole | chief of police | commissioner | constable | croupier | curator | custodian | deputy | deputy sheriff | detective | emcee | factor | fed | federal | flic | gendarme | G-man | government man | guardian | housekeeper | inspector | landreeve | librarian | lictor | lieutenant | mace-bearer | majordomo | marshal | master of ceremonies | MC | mounted policeman | MP | narc | officer | patrolman | peace officer | police captain | police commissioner | police constable | police inspector | police matron | police officer | police sergeant | policeman | policewoman | portreeve | proctor | procurator | reeve | roundsman | seneschal | sergeant | sergeant at arms | sheriff | steward | superintendent | tipstaff | tipstaves | trooper See Also | functionary | official Bailiff In Webster's Dictionary \Bail"iff\, n. [OF. baillif, F. bailli, custodia?
magistrate, fr. L. bajulus porter. See {Bail} to deliver.]
1. Originally, a person put in charge of something
especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of
a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power? of
custody or care are intrusted. --Abbott.
Lausanne is under the canton of Berne, governed by a
bailiff sent every three years from the senate.
--Addison.
2. (Eng. Law) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests,
collect fines, summon juries, etc.
Note: In American law the term bailiff is seldom used except
sometimes to signify a sheriff's officer or constable,
or a party liable to account to another for the rent
and profits of real estate. --Burrill.
3. An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs
husbandry operations, collects rents, etc. [Eng.]
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