bailiff
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thumbnail|Bailiff's notice on boarded-up premises, London, 2015
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- profession
- Subclass of
- public office
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- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- organization directed by the office or position
- bailiwick
- female form of label
- upraviteljica
- Commons category
- Bailiffs
- male form of label
- batlle
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- Britain and Ireland
- Historic bailiffs
- Delegation
- Modern-day usage
- Channel Islands
- England and Wales
- Magistrates' bailiffs
- Certificated enforcement agents
- County Court bailiffs
- High Court enforcement officers
- Water bailiff
- Farm bailiff
- Epping Forest bailiffs
- Jury bailiffs
- Colloquial uses of the word
- Isle of Man
- Scotland
- Republic of Ireland
- Australia
- Canada
- Ontario
- Private bailiffs
- United States
- France
- History
- Magistrates
- Ushers, beadles and tipstaffs
- Low Countries and German-speaking lands
- Belgium
- Netherlands
- Sovereign Military Order of Malta
- Poland
- Scandinavia
- Medieval Italy
- Byzantine Empire
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumbnail|Bailiff's notice on boarded-up premises, London, 2015
A bailiff is a manager, overseer or custodian – a legal officer to whom some degree of authority or jurisdiction is given. There are different kinds, and their offices and scope of duties vary.
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