bailiff
sustantivoatestiguado en diálogos
- //ˈbeɪlɪf//
An officer of the court A high bailiff: an officer of the county courts responsible for executing warrants and court orders, appointed by the judge and removable by the Lord Chancellor.
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históricoAn officer of the court A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period.
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An officer of the court A high bailiff: an officer of the county courts responsible for executing warrants and court orders, appointed by the judge and removable by the Lord Chancellor.
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An officer of the court A bound bailiff: a deputy bailiff charged with debt collection.
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An officer of the court Any law enforcement officer charged with courtroom security and order.
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An officer of the court A huissier de justice or other foreign officer of the court acting as either a process server or as courtroom security.
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obsoletoA public administrator A king's man: any officer nominated by the English Crown.
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históricoA public administrator Synonym of hundredman: The chief officer of a hundred in medieval England.
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A public administrator The title of the mayor of certain English towns.
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A public administrator The title of the castellan of certain royal castles in England.
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A public administrator The chief justice and president of the legislature on Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
The Bailiff of Jersey is the President of the States and acts as Speaker of the Assembly in the Westminster tradition. He is responsible for the orderly conduct of the States Assembly and its business. As Presiding Officer he has the right of speech – which is mainly exercised for ensuring the orderly conduct of the proceedings – but he cannot vote.
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A public administrator The High Bailiff of the Isle of Man.
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obsoletoA public administrator A bailie: an alderman in certain Scottish towns.
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históricoA public administrator An appointee of the French king administering certain districts of northern France in the Middle Ages.
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históricoA public administrator A head of a district ("bailiwick") of the Knights Hospitaller; a head of one of the national associations ("tongues") of the Hospitallers' headquarters on Rhodes or Malta.
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históricoA public administrator A landvogt in the medieval German states.
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históricoA private administrator, particularly A steward: the manager of a medieval manor charged with collecting its rents, etc.
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históricoA private administrator, particularly An overseer: a supervisor of tenant farmers, serfs, or slaves, usually as part of his role as steward (see above).
Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.
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históricoA private administrator, particularly The foreman or overman of a mine.
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jergaAny debt collector, regardless of his or her official status.
Etimología
From Middle English baillif, baylyf, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bailif (plural bailis), probably from Vulgar Latin *bāiulivus (“castellan”), from Latin bāiulus (“porter; steward”), whence also bail. As a translation of foreign titles, semantic loan from French bailli, Scots bailie, Dutch baljuw, etc. Mostly replaced the role of native reeve. Doublet of bailo.
Formas
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- bailiffs
bailiff · An officer of the court A high bailiff: an officer of the county courts responsible for executing warrants and court orders, appointed by the judge…
Bailiff · A surname originating as an occupation.bailing · The act by which something is bailed.Baines · A surname.