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| bail·iff [ báylif ] (plural bail·iffs) |
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1. law court official: a court official whose tasks include supervising prisoners and keeping order in court during a trial
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2. U.K. law sheriff's officer: a legal officer who serves under a sheriff and is empowered to take possession of a debtor's property, forcibly if necessary, to serve writs, and to make arrests
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3. U.K. steward: a steward or agent of a landowner or landlord
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| [13th century. Via Old French baillif- "overseer" < assumed medieval Latin bajulivus< Latin bajulus "somebody who carries (responsibility)"] |
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