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Bailiff

1. A court officer who maintains order during court proceedings. 2. A sheriff's officer who executes writs and serves processes.

Bailiff-errant

hist. A bailiff appointed by the sheriff to deliver writs and other process within a county. Cf. Bailiffs of franchises.

Bailiffs of franchises

hist. Bailiffs who execute writs and perform other duties in privileged districts that are outside the crown's (and therefore the sheriffs) jurisdiction. Cf. Bailiffs-errant. "bailiffs of franchises are those who are appointed by every lord within his liberty, to do such offices therein, as the barlcff errant does at large in the county." Thomas blount, nnrno-lexicon. A lacc-i)"tuonan (1670).

Bailiffs of hundreds

hist. Bailiffs appointed by a sheriff to collect fines, summon juries, attend court sessions, and execute writs and process in the county district known as a hundred. See hundred.

Bailiffs of manors

hist. Persons appointed to superintend the estates of the nobility. 0 these bailiffs collected fines and rents, inspected buildings, and took account of waste, spoils, and misdemeanors in the forests and demesne lands.

Bound bailiff

hist. A deputy sheriff plac under bond to ensure the faithful perfw mance of assigned duties.

High bailiff

hist. A bailiff attached to county court, responsible for attending col sessions, serving summonses, and executr orders, warrants, and writs.

Special bailiff

hist. A deputy sheriff ap-pointed at a litigant's request to serve execute some writ or process related to the lawsuit.

del credere bailiff

See FACTOR.

high bailiff.

See BAILIFF.

special bailiff