Word Meanings - BAILLIE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. Bailiff. 2. Same as Bailie.
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- 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
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