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Bailiff
bailiff
(bailiffs) 1. 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. (BRIT) N-COUNT 2. A bailiff is an official in a court of law who deals with tasks such as keeping control in court. (AM) N-COUNT 3. A bailiff is a person who is employed to look after land or property for the owner. (BRIT) N-COUNT
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noun Etymology: Middle English baillif, bailie, from Anglo-French baillif, from bail power, authority, office, from baillier to govern, administer, from Medieval Latin bajulare to care for, support, from Latin, to carry a burden — more at bail Date: 14th century 1. a. an official employed by a British sheriff to serve writs and make arrests and executions b. a minor officer of some United States courts usually serving as a messenger or usher 2. chiefly British one who manages an estate or farm • ~ship noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a sheriff's officer who executes writs and processes and carries out distraints and arrests. 2 Brit. the agent or steward of a landlord. 3 US an official in a court of law who keeps order, looks after prisoners, etc. 4 Brit. (hist. except in formal titles) the sovereign's representative in a district, esp. the chief officer of a hundred. 5 the first civil officer in the Channel Islands. Etymology: ME f. OF baillif ult. f. L bajulus carrier, manager ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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судебный пристав, бейлиф Служащий, в обязанности которого входит следить за порядком в зале суда и охранять присяжных, приглашать свидетелей, объявлять о появлении в зале судьи и т. п. Ср. тж. marshal ...Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
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1. юр. бейлиф, судебный пристав; заместитель шерифа; судебный исполнитель 2. юр. ам. заместитель или помощник шерифа 3. управляющий имением 4. ист. бейлиф (представитель короля, осуществляющий административную и судебную власть; сохранилось как почетное 5. звание некоторых судей) Id: bailiff's follower —- сыщик; шпик ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 BrE an official of the legal system who can take people's goods or property when they owe money (Last year, all his furniture was seized by bailiffs.) 2 AmE an official of the legal system who watches prisoners and keeps order in a court of law 3 BrE someone who looks after a farm or land that belongs to someone else ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1242, from O.Fr. baillif, acc. of baillis "administrative official, deputy," from V.L. *bajulivus "official in charge of a castle," from L. bajulus "porter." Used in M.E. of a public administrator of a district, a chief officer of a Hundred, or an officer under a sheriff. Also source of the surname Bailey, from O.Fr. bailli, a later form of baillif. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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