bailiffship
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bail·iff
(bā′lĭf)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.
[Middle English baillif, from Old French baillis, baillif-, overseer of an estate, steward, from Medieval Latin *bāiulīvus, from Latin bāiulus, carrier.]
bail′iff·ship′ n.
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bailiffship
(ˈbeɪlɪfʃɪp)n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the office of a bailiff
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