Word: Bailiff
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French baillif, inflected form of bailli (see bailie), based on Latin bajulus ‘carrier, manager’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbeɪlɪf
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a sheriff's officer who executes writs and processes and carries out distraints and arrests
Short Definition:sheriff's officer
Examples:- word spread that bailiffs, accompanied by the police, had turned up to evict traders and seize their properties
Definition:
an official in a court of law who keeps order, looks after prisoners, etc.
Short Definition:official in law court
Examples:- as the bailiff took him away, his mother wept while I averted my eyes
Definition:
the sovereign's representative in a district, especially the chief officer of a hundred.
Short Definition:sovereign's representative in district
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