What does bailiff mean?

Definitions for bailiff
ˈbeɪ lɪfbailiff

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bailiffnoun

    an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.

Wiktionary

  1. bailiffnoun

    A legal officer to whom some degree of authority, care or jurisdiction is committed.

  2. bailiffnoun

    The steward or overseer of an estate.

  3. Etymology: and bailif (plural bailis), *. Compare Modern French bailli

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Bailiffnoun

    Etymology: a word of doubtful etymology in itself, but borrowed by us from baillie, Fr.

    Lausanne is under the canton of Berne, and governed by a bailiff sent them every three years from the senate of Berne. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

    It many times happeneth, that, by the under-sheriffs and their bailiffs, the owner hath incurred the forfeiture, before he cometh to the knowledge of the process that runneth against him. Francis Bacon.

    A bailiff, by mistake, seized you for a debtor, and kept you the whole evening in a spunging-house. Jonathan Swift.

    Swift as a bard the bailiff leaves behind. Alexander Pope.

Wikipedia

  1. Bailiff

    A bailiff (from Middle English baillif, Old French baillis, bail "custody") is a manager, overseer or custodian – a legal officer to whom some degree of authority or jurisdiction is given. Bailiffs are of various kinds and their offices and duties vary greatly.Another official sometimes referred to as a bailiff was the Vogt. In the Holy Roman Empire a similar function was performed by the Amtmann.

ChatGPT

  1. bailiff

    A bailiff is a law enforcement officer, usually a public official, who maintains order and security in a courtroom, carries out legal orders, assists the judge, and ensures the efficient functioning of the court process. They may also serve legal documents or carry out a seizure of goods or property as directed by the court.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bailiffnoun

    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

  2. Bailiffnoun

    a sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc

  3. Bailiffnoun

    an overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc

Wikidata

  1. Bailiff

    A bailiff is a manager, overseer or custodian; a legal officer to whom some degree of authority, care or jurisdiction is committed. Bailiffs are of various kinds and their offices and duties vary greatly.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Bailiff

    bāl′if, n. formerly any king's officer, e.g. sheriffs, mayors, &c., but applied specially to the chief officer of a hundred, still the title of the chief magistrate of various towns (e.g. High-bailiff of Westminster, cf. Bailiff of Dover Castle, also the bailly or first civil officer of the Channel Islands: a sheriff's officer: an agent or land-steward.—n. Bail′iwick, the jurisdiction of a bailiff. [O. Fr. baillif—Low L. bajulivusbajalus, carrier, administrator. See Bail.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BAILIFF

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bailiff is ranked #29366 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Bailiff surname appeared 805 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Bailiff.

    91.1% or 734 total occurrences were White.
    5.2% or 42 total occurrences were Black.
    2.1% or 17 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.7% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bailiff in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bailiff in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of bailiff in a Sentence

  1. Carolyn Sterling:

    I just think she would have made changes in whatever field she went into. If she was in the courtroom, she wasn’t going to be the bailiff, she was going to be the judge.

  2. Bill Robles:

    The girls would have outbursts. He would have occasional outbursts. They would all do the same thing and copy him. One time they removed him from the courtroom and put him a holding cell, behind a locked door with a little screen, at one point he was agitated and (said) something to the effect of 'Somebody ought to cut your head off, judge' ... And before you knew it, Bingo! He was leaping toward the judge. The bailiff tackled him in midair.

  3. Petri Hawkins Byrd:

    I didn't inquire as to why, that's Judge Judy choice. But Judge Judy did inform me that fundamentally, I was priced out as the new bailiff on Judge Judy new show, my salary would have been too much. I was curious : How would Judge Judy know ? Judge Judy didn't ask me. Judge Judy didn't give me an opportunity to have accepted a lower salary.

  4. Kenneth Jaynes:

    Then the the judge asked Josten if I was worth it and if we were living together, and we both said 'yes.' When the judge said part of the probation was that we had to get married Josten smiled at me and I was turning red. The judge said, 'You might want to check with her first.' Josten said that because my face was red he thought I was OK with it, but then the judge made me stand up and asked me if I was OK with it. I said yes. People were laughing behind me and the bailiff had to say 'order in the court.' It was embarrassing.

  5. Kenneth Jaynes:

    We figured he'd get probation but were surprised about the other conditions, especially the marriage, then the the judge asked Josten if I was worth it and if we were living together, and we both said 'yes.' When the judge said part of the probation was that we had to get married Josten smiled at me and I was turning red. The judge said, 'You might want to check with her first.' Josten said that because my face was red he thought I was OK with it, but then the judge made me stand up and asked me if I was OK with it. I said yes. People were laughing behind me and the bailiff had to say 'order in the court.' It was embarrassing.

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