Thesaurus: bailiff

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1. n. 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. n. A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc.
3. n. An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc.
4. n. an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
5. 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 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.]
6. A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines,summon juries, etc.
7. n:100 n. an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.