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单词 bailiff
释义 bailiff
 —bailiffship,  n.  
 /bay"lif/,  n.  
  1. an officer, similar to a sheriff or a sheriff's deputy, employed to execute writs and processes, make arrests, keep order in the court, etc.
  2. (in Britain) a person charged with local administrative authority, or the chief magistrate in certain towns.
  3. (esp. in Britain) an overseer of a landed estate or farm.
 [1250-1300; ME baillif < OF, equiv. to bail custody (see BAIL1) + -if -IVE]
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