Bailiff

['beɪlɪf] or ['belɪf]

Definition

(noun.) an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc..

Checker: Maisie--From WordNet

Definition

(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 power/ 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.

Typist: Melville

Definition

n. formerly any king's officer e.g. sheriffs mayors &c. but applied specially to the chief officer of a hundred still the title of the chief magistrate of various towns (e.g. High-bailiff of Westminster cf. Bailiff of Dover Castle also the bailly or first civil officer of the Channel Islands: a sheriff's officer: an agent or land-steward.—n. Bail′iwick the jurisdiction of a bailiff.

Checker: Lorenzo

Unserious Contents or Definition

Shows a striving for a higher place, and a deficiency in intellect. If the bailiff comes to arrest, or make love, false friends are trying to work for your money.

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