bailiff
bailiff is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Eng. Law) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc. Note: In American law the term bailiff is seldom used except sometimes to signify a sheriff's officer or constable, or a party liable to account to another for the rent and profits of real estate. Burrill.
- 2.An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc. [Eng.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- administration
- administrative
- advocate
- aedile
- agent
- alguazil
- ambassador
- arbitrator
- arm
- attache
- attorney
- auctioneer
- authority
- bagman
- bailiwick
- beadle
- bearer
- bedel
- broker
- bureau
- business
- catchpoll
- causidical
- charge
- clerk
- commercial
- commissary
- commission
- commissionaire
- commissioner
- committee
- consignee
- constable
- constabulary
- consul
- cop
- coroner
- corporation
- corps
- correspondent
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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