Definitions for bailiffˈbeɪ lɪf
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
bail•iffˈbeɪ lɪf(n.)
an officer, similar to a sheriff, employed to keep order in the court, make arrests, etc.
Category: Law
(in Britain) a person charged with local administrative authority, or the chief magistrate in a town.
Category: Government
(esp. in Britain) an overseer of a landed estate or farm.
Category: Government
Origin of bailiff:
1250–1300; ME baillif < OF, der. of bail custody; see bail1
bail′iff•ship`(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
bailiff(noun)
an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
Wiktionary
bailiff(Noun)
A legal officer to whom some degree of authority, care or jurisdiction is committed.
bailiff(Noun)
The steward or overseer of an estate.
Origin: and bailif (plural bailis), *. Compare Modern French bailli
Webster Dictionary
Bailiff(noun)
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
Bailiff(noun)
a sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc
Bailiff(noun)
an overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc
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