单词 | bailiff |
释义 | bail·iff ![]() 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.] bailiff·ship′ n. |
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