'Bailiff' definitions:

Definition of 'bailiff'

From: WordNet
noun
An officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.

Definition of 'Bailiff'

From: GCIDE
  • Bailiff \Bail"iff\ (b[=a]l"[i^]f), n. [OF. baillif, F. bailli, custodian, magistrate, fr. L. bajulus porter. See Bail to deliver.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Lausanne is under the canton of Berne, governed by a bailiff sent every three years from the senate. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Eng. Law) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'bailiff'

From: GCIDE
  • Burghmaster \Burgh"mas`ter\, n.
  • 1. A burgomaster. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Mining) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workmen; -- called also bailiff, and barmaster. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]