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bailiff
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Also known as court officer, bayle, batle, baile, bailli

thumbnail|Bailiff's notice on boarded-up premises, London, 2015

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Instance of
profession
Subclass of
public office
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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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Encyclopedic overview

39 sections
Contents
  • 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “bailiff” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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