high bailiff
See also: High Bailiff
English
Alternative forms
- high-bailiff
Noun
high bailiff (plural high bailiffs)
- An officer of the county courts responsible for executing warrants and court orders.
- 1888, Henry D. Barton, Analytical Digest of Cases Published in the Law Journal Reports, Volume 57, page 270:
- Every bailiff duly appointed may serve or execute any process which by any Act passed or to be passed is directed to be served or executed by a high bailiff, unless otherwise specially provided against therein.
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Translations
officer of the county courts
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