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   bailiff

   /ˈbeɪlɪf/

   noun

   • 1. a sheriff's officer who executes writs and processes and carries out distraints and arrests. British
   • ▪ the agent of a landlord.
   • 2. an official in a court of law who keeps order, looks after prisoners, etc. North American
   • 3. the sovereign's representative in a district, especially the chief officer of a hundred. historical British
   • ▪ the first civil officer in the Channel Islands.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French baillif, inflected form of bailli (see bailie), based on Latin bajulus ‘carrier, manager’.

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