bailiff (redirected from High Bailiff of Westminster)

bail·iff  (blf)

n.

1. A court attendant entrusted with duties such as the maintenance of order in a courtroom during a trial.

2. An official who assists a British sheriff and who has the power to execute writs, processes, and arrests.

3. Chiefly British An overseer of an estate; a steward.

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[Middle English baillif, from Old French baillis, baillif-, overseer of an estate, steward, from Medieval Latin *biulvus, from Latin biulus, carrier.]

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bailiff·ship n.

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bailiff [ˈbeɪlɪf]

n

1. (Business / Professions) Brit the agent or steward of a landlord or landowner

2. (Business / Professions) a sheriff's officer who serves writs and summonses, makes arrests, and ensures that the sentences of the court are carried out

3. (Law) Chiefly Brit (formerly) a high official having judicial powers

4. (Business / Professions) Chiefly US an official having custody of prisoners appearing in court

[from Old French baillif, from bail custody; see bail¹]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bailiff - an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc. functionary, official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office

Translations

bailiff [ˈbeɪlɪf] N

1. (Jur) → alguacil m

2. (on estate) → administrador(a) m/f

bailiff [ˈbeɪlɪf] n

(in law court) → huissier/ière m/f; (for evictions) → huissier/ière m/f
to send in the bailiffs → envoyer l'huissier

bailiff

n

(Jur) (Brit: also sheriff’s bailiff) → Amtsdiener(in) m(f); (Brit: for property) → Gerichtsvollzieher(in) m(f); (US: in court) → Gerichtsdiener(in) m(f)

(Brit: on estate) → (Guts)verwalter(in) m(f), → Landvogt(in) m(f) (obs)

bailiff [ˈbeɪlɪf] n (Law) → ufficiale m giudiziario; (on estate) → amministratore m, fattore m