bailiff:
(plural: ‘bailiffs‘)
a bailiff on duty
an officer of a court of law who takes possession of goods or property of a party (a person or a group of people or an establishment) in a dispute when that party owes money to others;
a court official whose job is to keep order in the court-room during the court proceedings; a court of law attendant;
an official in the British sheriff’s office who has the power to serve writs and summons, i.e. can send written orders to people to appear before a court of law;
an official in a court of law who works as a messenger or door keeper;
a person (an agent) who looks after a farm or land for the owner; a steward;
(in mining industry) an
officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workmen, also called ‘barmaster’,
a bailiff (L) and the judge (R) in a court of law
The judge ordered the bailiff to take the sobbing mother of the convict of the room as she was interrupting the court proceedings.
Bailiffs are of various kinds and their offices and duties vary greatly. (from dictionary30,com)
The bailiff of the estate where we went shooting birds did not allow us to hunt on his grounds saying it was a private property and as a bailiff of the estate he had every right to report them to the police if we did not go away.
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