Look up: bailiff

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   bailiff
   [n] - an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
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   Bailiff
   person in charge of allotting work to peasants, organising repairs to castles, and doing other jobs on a medieval castle
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   Bailiff
   An official representative of the courts, who may call round to repossess your possessions or house if you cannot keep up on your mortgage repayments and fail to reach an agreement with your lender to ammend your repayments.
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   Bailiff
   An official appointed by a court (usually a county court), referred to as an officer of the court. Their work usually involves enforcing court orders, such as warrants of execution, (the seizure of goods belonging to a debtor).
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   bailiff
   Officer of the court whose job, usually in the county courts, is to serve notices and enforce the court's orders involving seizure of the goods of a debtor. In France, the royal bailli or bayle was...
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   Bailiff
   Bailiffs and enforcement officers are people authorised to remove and sell possessions in order to pay the money a debtor owes to a person or an organisation. They may also conduct evictions, and arrest people. A bailiff can also serve (deliver) court documents on people
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   Bailiff
   Bail'iff noun [ Old French baillif , French bailli , custodian, magistrate, from Latin bajulus porter. See Bail to deliver.] 1. 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 powers of custody or care are intrusted. Abbott. « Lausanne is under ...
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   bailiff
   noun an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
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   Bailiff
   `Bailiff` (from Late Latin `bajulivus`, adjectival form of `bajulus`) is a governor or custodian (cf. bail); a legal officer to whom some degree of authority, care or jurisdiction is committed. Bailiffs are of various kinds and their offices and duties vary greatly.
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    Bailiff
    • (n.) An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc. • (n.) A sheriff`s deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc. • (n.) Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or ...
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    bailiff
    a minor court official with police authority to protect the court while in session and with power to serve and execute legal process. In earlier ... [5 related articles]
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