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bailiff /bāˈlif/ noun- An agent or land-steward
- A sheriff's officer
- The first civil officer in Jersey and in Guernsey
- A court official (chiefly US)
- Formerly any king's officer, eg sheriff, mayor, etc, esp the chief officer of a hundred (county division), surviving in certain cases as a formal title
- A foreign magistrate (historical)
ORIGIN: OFr baillif, from LL bājulivus, from bājulus carrier, administrator. See bail1 bailˈiwick noun - The jurisdiction of a bailiff (law)
- Jurisdiction in general (law)
- Someone's area of interest (joc)
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