Bailiff

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A court attendant entrusted with duties such as the maintenance of order in a courtroom during a trial.
  • n. An official who assists a British sheriff and who has the power to execute writs, processes, and arrests.
  • n. Chiefly British An overseer of an estate; a steward.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A legal officer to whom some degree of authority, care or jurisdiction is committed.
  • n. The steward or overseer of an estate.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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 powers of custody or care are intrusted.
  • n. A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc.
  • n. An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A subordinate civil officer or functionary.
  • n. An overseer or under-steward on an estate, appointed to manage forests, direct husbandry operations, collect rents, etc. Also called a bailiff of forests, or bailiff in husbandry.
  • n. An officer of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem.
  • n. In London, an officer who supervises the inspection of fish brought into the city.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    functionary    official   
    Cross Reference
    high bailiff    bailiff in husbandry    special bailiff    water-bailiff   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bailie    pursuivant    catchpoll    beagle    bumbailiff   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    steward    constable    treasurer    superintendent    alderman   
     
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