Definition of bailiff Bailiff

/bejˈlʌf/ - [beyluf] - bail•iff

We found 10 definitions of bailiff from 6 different sources.

What does bailiff mean?

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Noun

Plural: bailifves

bailiff - an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.

functionary, official someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"

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bailiff (Noun)
A legal officer to whom some degree of authority, care or jurisdiction is committed.
bailiff (Noun)
The steward or overseer of an estate.
bailiff (Noun)
The Chief Justice in each of the Channel Channel Island bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey, also serving as president of the legislature and having ceremonial and executive functions.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

bailiff (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.
bailiff (n.)
A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc.
bailiff (n.)
An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

bailiff
Officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

bailiff
bāl′if, 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. [O. Fr. baillif—Low L. bajulivus—bajalus, carrier, administrator. See Bail.]

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bailiff, noun, singular of bailiffs.

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