Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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).