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Word Meanings - BAILLIE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Bailiff. 2. Same as Bailie.

Related words: (words related to BAILLIE)

  • BAILIFF
    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
  • BAILIFFWICK
    See BAILIWICK
  • BAILIE
    An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman.
  • WATER BAILIFF
    An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels.
  • BUMBAILIFF
    See A

 

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