A Court official who can enforce Court orders The Bailiff is allowed to collect money from a person ordered by the Court to pay any amount, and remove tenants ordered from a property by the Court A Bailiff is usually also present at the Court during hearings to check who is present and ensure matters proceed in an orderly fashion
An officer of the court whose duties are to keep order in the court; could be a sheriff, deputy, or government official
A manorial lord's local manager, appointed from outside the tenants He watched his lord's interests and conducted relations with the tenants through their representative - the Reeve
A bailiff was a minor local official responsible to the sheriff of the county, but the word was often used in a more general sense Royal officials [Articles 18, 19, 61]
an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc
An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc
A court attendant who keeps order and is responsible for the custody of the jury
The official in charge of a portion of the lords demesne called a bailiwick
A court officer or attendant who has charge of a court session in the matter of keeping order and custody of the jury
A court attendant assigned by a sheriff, marshal, or constable to provide security to the court
A bailiff is a law officer who makes sure that the decisions of a court are obeyed. Bailiffs can take a person's furniture or possessions away if the person owes money
A bailiff is a person who is employed to look after land or property for the owner. Officer of some U.S. courts whose duties include keeping order in the courtroom and guarding prisoners or jurors in deliberation. In medieval Europe, it was a title of some dignity and power, denoting a manorial superintendent or royal agent who collected fines and rent, served writs, assembled juries, made arrests, and executed the monarch's orders. The bailiff's authority was gradually eroded by the increasing need to use administrators with legal or other specialized training