Word Meanings - BAILLIE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Bailiff. 2. Same as Bailie.

BAILIFF
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
BAILIFFWICK
See BAILIWICK
BAILIE
An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman.
WATER BAILIFF
An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels.
BUMBAILIFF
See A