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Meaning
Noun
●
In Law enforcement:
An
officer
of the court
A
reeve
, (specifically) the
chief
officer
executing
the
decisions
of any English
court
in the
period
following
the Norman Conquest or
executing
the
decisions
of
lower courts
in the
late
medieval
and
early modern
period
.
A
huissier de justice
or other
foreign
officer of the court
acting
as either a
process server
or as
courtroom
security.
●
In British English & Law enforcement:
An
officer
of the court
A
high bailiff
: an
officer
of the
county courts
responsible
for
executing
warrants
and
court orders
,
appointed
by the
judge
and
removable
by the Lord Chancellor.
A
bound bailiff
: a
deputy
bailiff
charged
with
debt
collection.
●
In American English & Law enforcement:
An
officer
of the court
Any
law enforcement
officer
charged
with
courtroom
security and order.
●
A public administrator
A
king's
man
: any
officer
nominated
by the English Crown.
Synonym of
hundredman
: The
chief
officer
of a
hundred
in
medieval
England.
The
title
of the
mayor
of certain English towns.
The
title
of the
castellan
of certain
royal
castles
in England.
The
chief justice
and
president
of the
legislature
on Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
The High Bailiff of the Isle of Man.
A
bailie
: an
alderman
in certain Scottish towns.
An
appointee
of the French
king
administering
certain
districts
of
northern
France in the Middle Ages.
A
head
of a
district
("bailiwick") of the Knights Hospitaller; a
head
of one of the
national
associations
("tongues") of the Hospitallers'
headquarters
on Rhodes or Malta.
A
landvogt
in the
medieval
German states.
●
A
private
administrator
, particularly
A
steward
: the
manager
of a
medieval
manor
charged
with
collecting
its
rents
, etc.
An
overseer
: a
supervisor
of
tenant farmers
,
serfs
, or
slaves
, usually as part
of his
role as
steward
(see above).
●
In Mining:
A
private
administrator
, particularly
The
foreman
or
overman
of a mine.
●
In British English:
Any
debt
collector
,
regardless
of his
or her
official
status.
Name
●
A
surname
originating
as an occupation.
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Synonyms
Beadle
Catchpoll
Bumbailiff
Hundredman
Mayor
Castellan
Bailly
Bailie
Consul
Capitoul
Jurat
Landvogt
Steward
Overseer
Governor
Burghmaster
Judge
High Bailiff
Warrant Officer
Process Server
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