Definition of bailiff in English:

bailiff

noun ˈbeɪlɪfˈbeɪlɪf

1British A sheriff's officer who executes writs and processes and carries out distraints and arrests.
〈主英〉（负责执行令状传唤、扣押财产及逮捕）郡副司法长官
Example sentencesExamples
- He used Ipswich as a base for smuggling, and had so much influence over the bailiffs that they arrested and fined a customs searcher who had caught Debenham smuggling.
- Another criminal, this one appearing in court on drug possession charges, was arrested by a bailiff after it was discovered he'd smuggled illegal drugs into his own hearing.
- He allegedly claimed he had a 12-bore shotgun and threatened officers, a bailiff and officials with death after they turned up to throw him out.
- The bailiffs executed a warrant last Friday and locked up the business.
- My questions are: is it correct to ask for money to pay the bailiff or for an arrest or is it a bribe?
- If this is not done, then the person who has the reversion may bring an action before the bailiffs, either by gage and pledge or by writ.
- As for resisting eviction, League members knew that if only they could stop the process server or bailiff from actually serving the ejectment writ or civil bill on the occupier, then no eviction could take place.
- There is a video of the leasehold premises taken by a bailiff around the time the Old Lease was terminated.
- If you still haven't paid, they hand the writ to a city bailiff.
- The one who escaped submitted a statement to the local court: the sheriff declared the arrest illegal, fined the bailiff, and insisted that the original dispute over labour payments could be heard only when the men were freed.
- He does, after all, owe me 100 from the Troon Open which, despite invoices, writs, bailiffs and enforcers, he still has not paid.
- The hundred bailiff served the sheriff's writs and the constable maintained law and order.
- Following his incitement Kelly was taken into custody by a bailiff from the county sheriff's office but was subsequently released on a $50,000 personal recognisance bond.
- It is correct that at anytime they may seek to enforce their order for possession and, if they have it, execute a warrant for possession by instructing the bailiffs to carry out the warrant.
- In those circumstances, the police officers were not justified in arresting the bailiff on the ground that he declined to accede to their request that he should leave the building he had lawfully entered.
- The point I was going to make is that when a bailiff goes around to serve a warrant for arrest on a fines defaulter, the bailiff finds all too often that the person is no longer at the address that was given.
- One Trustee eventually engaged bailiffs who went to the Museum, broke in the doors and burst through into Krefft's rooms.
- When an attempt was made to enforce the warrant on 2 March Mr Rahman paid the bailiff £750, the warrant was withdrawn and enforcement was not proceeded with.
- The principal change proposed in this legislation is to allow bailiffs to execute warrants to collect money owed by fines defaulters.
- When the manager and a bailiff checked the person out they found 14 fish hidden in the boat.
1. 1.1 The agent of a landlord.
  〈英〉（地主的）管家
  Example sentencesExamples
  A stern faced agent accompanied by red-coats and bailiffs, complete with battering ram came to a wayside cottage and preceded to evict the poor tenants but not without some stern resistance.
  Thieves are posing as bailiffs to break into people's homes to steal TVs and furniture.
  In the wife's words she lived in a world of unpaid bills, bailiffs at the door and second mortgages.
  The tenants-in-chief might then grant the land to sub-tenants in return for rents or services, or work the estate themselves through a bailiff.
  Mr Scarth, who served on Russian convoys in the Arctic during the Second World War, was convicted of wounding a bailiff as he was evicted from a house in Leeds in 1999.
  Large cordons of police kept the tenants from defending the man while a group of bailiffs and police carried out the eviction.
  The bulk of the £15,000 was in the form of a banker's draft paid to the bailiffs for the rent due from CIL, not Mr Brewer.
  If they fail to do so, a bailiff will be instructed to execute a warrant to evict them.
  This week bailiffs are due to start the eviction process against the activists who have set up camp at the site.
  The landlord took his estates into his own hands, appointed bailiffs and reeves to run them and sell the surplus on the open market.
  If it is not vacated by today, the council will seek a court order to send in bailiffs.
  ‘When they have a court order the bailiffs can gain repossession of the land and can ask the police for help if they need it,’ says John.
  On 22nd July, the father employed bailiffs to levy distress on the company in respect of £2,857 allegedly owed as rent.
  Such estates were entrusted to bailiffs who all too often were dishonest and tyrannical.
  Manorial lords typically held many estates throughout England, the estates being run on a day to day basis by bailiffs or stewards.
  The court order was soon breached on several occasions and now bailiffs have carried out evictions at both houses.
  Squatters were given their marching orders after police, bailiffs and immigration officials teamed up for an eviction sting.
  Last week bailiffs tried to carry out an eviction only to be turned away by protesters.
  His last, wretched, years were marred by drunkenness and the depredations of the bailiffs, who carried off his household furniture.
  It may be better to contact the bailiff's head office and agree regular monthly payments with them, which you can realistically afford.
  Synonyms
  manager, estate manager, agent, overseer, custodian, caretaker
2North American An official in a court of law who keeps order, looks after prisoners, etc.
〈北美〉法警
Example sentencesExamples
- He added: ‘If they still fail to leave, county court bailiffs will be sent to evict them with police back up if necessary.’
- Accordingly we ordered that affidavits should be taken from each of the 12 jurors and from the two bailiffs looking after them at the hotel.
- I have been informed by the jury bailiff that you have reached a decision on a majority and I have been told what that majority is.
- Gloucester ordered the bailiff to open the gates and behind the door was the most unlikely of persons.
- The bailiff carried the slip of paper to the clerk.
- The judge's bailiff plays the opera on a boombox for the perpetrators who can only sit and stare back and not look out the window or nap.
- Court stands in recess and will the bailiff please arrange to have the broken glass cleaned up.
- Judge Doherty was uncertain about the standard of proof in a criminal case, so in a time-honored tradition of judicial review, he consulted his bailiff.
- Typically officer of the court refers to a judge, clerk, bailiff, sheriff, or the like, but the term also applies to a lawyer, who is obliged to obey court rules and who owes a duty of candor to the court.
- Otherwise, courtroom bailiffs and probation officers might have to start accompanying athletes to the games.
- Civil injunctions are enforced by the court staff and not by the police, but there is no means of calling out the tipstaff or bailiff at midnight on a Saturday night to deal with a drunken partner.
- Byrd toiled as a bailiff in Brooklyn during the late 1980s, guarding family court judges including Sheindlin.
- ‘Please all rise for the honorable Judge Quincy Miller,’ called out the bailiff, and the people obeyed.
- A court order had been sought and granted, and a bailiff engaged.
- We were greeted by two bailiffs and two prosecutors who worked grand juries full-time.
- The process involves court bailiffs deciding whether to arrest Mr Shepherd or to pass the order onto police for them to arrest him.
- The judges often serve as their own court reporter and bailiff.
- Young people usually serve as jurors and may also fill the roles of prosecuting attorney, defense attorney, judge, bailiff, or other officers of the court.
- A bailiff leads K through a labyrinthine police precinct populated with people in similar situations.
- Before the video was over, the bailiff, a police officer in the courtroom, turned it off.
3British historical The sovereign's representative in a district, especially the chief officer of a hundred.
〈英，史〉（尤指百户邑地区的）君主代表
Example sentencesExamples
- The principal officer was the bailiff of the hundred, who in 1212 was Gerald de Clayton.
- Nor any Sheriff, or his Bailiff, shall keep his Turn in the Hundred but twice in the Year.
- The waifs, strays, deodands, goods of felons and fugitives, etc., within the hundred belonged to the lord if the bailiff of the hundred seized them first.
- Next, the Bailiff of the Hundred had to be summoned and he, or one of the locals, had to notify the Coroner without delay.
- When his widow died in 1767, her heirs had a bailiff's assessment of her movable property carried out.
1. 3.1 The first civil officer in the Channel Islands.
  （英国海峡群岛的）首席文官
  Example sentencesExamples
  In 1725 the Auditor of Land Revenue suggested that a bailiff be appointed for the bailiwick to collect rents.
  The Bailiff is delighted Princess Anne decided to visit the Islands.
  The term bailiwick dates to the mid-15th century and originally meant the district under a bailiffs jurisdiction.
  Jersey is a Bailiwick, and the Bailiff is the civic head of the Island.
  In the bailiwick of Guernsey the Bailiff's duties are at least as multitudinous: possibly more so, as his jurisdiction covers several islands.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French baillif, inflected form of bailli (see bailie), based on Latin bajulus 'carrier, manager'.

Rhymes

calif, caliph

Definition of bailiff in US English:

bailiff

nounˈbālifˈbeɪlɪf

1North American An official in a court of law who keeps order, looks after prisoners, etc.
〈北美〉法警
Example sentencesExamples
- A bailiff leads K through a labyrinthine police precinct populated with people in similar situations.
- Otherwise, courtroom bailiffs and probation officers might have to start accompanying athletes to the games.
- Civil injunctions are enforced by the court staff and not by the police, but there is no means of calling out the tipstaff or bailiff at midnight on a Saturday night to deal with a drunken partner.
- Before the video was over, the bailiff, a police officer in the courtroom, turned it off.
- Accordingly we ordered that affidavits should be taken from each of the 12 jurors and from the two bailiffs looking after them at the hotel.
- The process involves court bailiffs deciding whether to arrest Mr Shepherd or to pass the order onto police for them to arrest him.
- He added: ‘If they still fail to leave, county court bailiffs will be sent to evict them with police back up if necessary.’
- A court order had been sought and granted, and a bailiff engaged.
- The bailiff carried the slip of paper to the clerk.
- The judges often serve as their own court reporter and bailiff.
- Gloucester ordered the bailiff to open the gates and behind the door was the most unlikely of persons.
- Judge Doherty was uncertain about the standard of proof in a criminal case, so in a time-honored tradition of judicial review, he consulted his bailiff.
- Young people usually serve as jurors and may also fill the roles of prosecuting attorney, defense attorney, judge, bailiff, or other officers of the court.
- Court stands in recess and will the bailiff please arrange to have the broken glass cleaned up.
- ‘Please all rise for the honorable Judge Quincy Miller,’ called out the bailiff, and the people obeyed.
- I have been informed by the jury bailiff that you have reached a decision on a majority and I have been told what that majority is.
- Typically officer of the court refers to a judge, clerk, bailiff, sheriff, or the like, but the term also applies to a lawyer, who is obliged to obey court rules and who owes a duty of candor to the court.
- The judge's bailiff plays the opera on a boombox for the perpetrators who can only sit and stare back and not look out the window or nap.
- We were greeted by two bailiffs and two prosecutors who worked grand juries full-time.
- Byrd toiled as a bailiff in Brooklyn during the late 1980s, guarding family court judges including Sheindlin.
2British A sheriff's officer who executes writs and processes and carries out distraints and arrests.
〈主英〉（负责执行令状传唤、扣押财产及逮捕）郡副司法长官
Example sentencesExamples
- He used Ipswich as a base for smuggling, and had so much influence over the bailiffs that they arrested and fined a customs searcher who had caught Debenham smuggling.
- In those circumstances, the police officers were not justified in arresting the bailiff on the ground that he declined to accede to their request that he should leave the building he had lawfully entered.
- My questions are: is it correct to ask for money to pay the bailiff or for an arrest or is it a bribe?
- Another criminal, this one appearing in court on drug possession charges, was arrested by a bailiff after it was discovered he'd smuggled illegal drugs into his own hearing.
- When an attempt was made to enforce the warrant on 2 March Mr Rahman paid the bailiff £750, the warrant was withdrawn and enforcement was not proceeded with.
- If you still haven't paid, they hand the writ to a city bailiff.
- One Trustee eventually engaged bailiffs who went to the Museum, broke in the doors and burst through into Krefft's rooms.
- He does, after all, owe me 100 from the Troon Open which, despite invoices, writs, bailiffs and enforcers, he still has not paid.
- The point I was going to make is that when a bailiff goes around to serve a warrant for arrest on a fines defaulter, the bailiff finds all too often that the person is no longer at the address that was given.
- He allegedly claimed he had a 12-bore shotgun and threatened officers, a bailiff and officials with death after they turned up to throw him out.
- There is a video of the leasehold premises taken by a bailiff around the time the Old Lease was terminated.
- The one who escaped submitted a statement to the local court: the sheriff declared the arrest illegal, fined the bailiff, and insisted that the original dispute over labour payments could be heard only when the men were freed.
- Following his incitement Kelly was taken into custody by a bailiff from the county sheriff's office but was subsequently released on a $50,000 personal recognisance bond.
- As for resisting eviction, League members knew that if only they could stop the process server or bailiff from actually serving the ejectment writ or civil bill on the occupier, then no eviction could take place.
- The bailiffs executed a warrant last Friday and locked up the business.
- It is correct that at anytime they may seek to enforce their order for possession and, if they have it, execute a warrant for possession by instructing the bailiffs to carry out the warrant.
- When the manager and a bailiff checked the person out they found 14 fish hidden in the boat.
- If this is not done, then the person who has the reversion may bring an action before the bailiffs, either by gage and pledge or by writ.
- The principal change proposed in this legislation is to allow bailiffs to execute warrants to collect money owed by fines defaulters.
- The hundred bailiff served the sheriff's writs and the constable maintained law and order.
1. 2.1 The agent or steward of a landlord.
  〈英〉（地主的）管家
  Example sentencesExamples
  This week bailiffs are due to start the eviction process against the activists who have set up camp at the site.
  The court order was soon breached on several occasions and now bailiffs have carried out evictions at both houses.
  Last week bailiffs tried to carry out an eviction only to be turned away by protesters.
  Such estates were entrusted to bailiffs who all too often were dishonest and tyrannical.
  In the wife's words she lived in a world of unpaid bills, bailiffs at the door and second mortgages.
  It may be better to contact the bailiff's head office and agree regular monthly payments with them, which you can realistically afford.
  The tenants-in-chief might then grant the land to sub-tenants in return for rents or services, or work the estate themselves through a bailiff.
  Mr Scarth, who served on Russian convoys in the Arctic during the Second World War, was convicted of wounding a bailiff as he was evicted from a house in Leeds in 1999.
  Squatters were given their marching orders after police, bailiffs and immigration officials teamed up for an eviction sting.
  The bulk of the £15,000 was in the form of a banker's draft paid to the bailiffs for the rent due from CIL, not Mr Brewer.
  The landlord took his estates into his own hands, appointed bailiffs and reeves to run them and sell the surplus on the open market.
  Manorial lords typically held many estates throughout England, the estates being run on a day to day basis by bailiffs or stewards.
  ‘When they have a court order the bailiffs can gain repossession of the land and can ask the police for help if they need it,’ says John.
  Thieves are posing as bailiffs to break into people's homes to steal TVs and furniture.
  His last, wretched, years were marred by drunkenness and the depredations of the bailiffs, who carried off his household furniture.
  A stern faced agent accompanied by red-coats and bailiffs, complete with battering ram came to a wayside cottage and preceded to evict the poor tenants but not without some stern resistance.
  If it is not vacated by today, the council will seek a court order to send in bailiffs.
  If they fail to do so, a bailiff will be instructed to execute a warrant to evict them.
  Large cordons of police kept the tenants from defending the man while a group of bailiffs and police carried out the eviction.
  On 22nd July, the father employed bailiffs to levy distress on the company in respect of £2,857 allegedly owed as rent.
  Synonyms
  manager, estate manager, agent, overseer, custodian, caretaker

Origin

Middle English: from Old French baillif, inflected form of bailli (see bailie), based on Latin bajulus ‘carrier, manager’.

词汇	bailiff
释义	Definition of bailiff in English: bailiff noun ˈbeɪlɪfˈbeɪlɪf 1British A sheriff's officer who executes writs and processes and carries out distraints and arrests. 〈主英〉（负责执行令状传唤、扣押财产及逮捕）郡副司法长官 Example sentencesExamples He used Ipswich as a base for smuggling, and had so much influence over the bailiffs that they arrested and fined a customs searcher who had caught Debenham smuggling. Another criminal, this one appearing in court on drug possession charges, was arrested by a bailiff after it was discovered he'd smuggled illegal drugs into his own hearing. He allegedly claimed he had a 12-bore shotgun and threatened officers, a bailiff and officials with death after they turned up to throw him out. The bailiffs executed a warrant last Friday and locked up the business. My questions are: is it correct to ask for money to pay the bailiff or for an arrest or is it a bribe? If this is not done, then the person who has the reversion may bring an action before the bailiffs, either by gage and pledge or by writ. As for resisting eviction, League members knew that if only they could stop the process server or bailiff from actually serving the ejectment writ or civil bill on the occupier, then no eviction could take place. There is a video of the leasehold premises taken by a bailiff around the time the Old Lease was terminated. If you still haven't paid, they hand the writ to a city bailiff. The one who escaped submitted a statement to the local court: the sheriff declared the arrest illegal, fined the bailiff, and insisted that the original dispute over labour payments could be heard only when the men were freed. He does, after all, owe me 100 from the Troon Open which, despite invoices, writs, bailiffs and enforcers, he still has not paid. The hundred bailiff served the sheriff's writs and the constable maintained law and order. Following his incitement Kelly was taken into custody by a bailiff from the county sheriff's office but was subsequently released on a $50,000 personal recognisance bond. It is correct that at anytime they may seek to enforce their order for possession and, if they have it, execute a warrant for possession by instructing the bailiffs to carry out the warrant. In those circumstances, the police officers were not justified in arresting the bailiff on the ground that he declined to accede to their request that he should leave the building he had lawfully entered. The point I was going to make is that when a bailiff goes around to serve a warrant for arrest on a fines defaulter, the bailiff finds all too often that the person is no longer at the address that was given. One Trustee eventually engaged bailiffs who went to the Museum, broke in the doors and burst through into Krefft's rooms. When an attempt was made to enforce the warrant on 2 March Mr Rahman paid the bailiff £750, the warrant was withdrawn and enforcement was not proceeded with. The principal change proposed in this legislation is to allow bailiffs to execute warrants to collect money owed by fines defaulters. When the manager and a bailiff checked the person out they found 14 fish hidden in the boat. 1.1 The agent of a landlord. 〈英〉（地主的）管家 Example sentencesExamples A stern faced agent accompanied by red-coats and bailiffs, complete with battering ram came to a wayside cottage and preceded to evict the poor tenants but not without some stern resistance. Thieves are posing as bailiffs to break into people's homes to steal TVs and furniture. In the wife's words she lived in a world of unpaid bills, bailiffs at the door and second mortgages. The tenants-in-chief might then grant the land to sub-tenants in return for rents or services, or work the estate themselves through a bailiff. Mr Scarth, who served on Russian convoys in the Arctic during the Second World War, was convicted of wounding a bailiff as he was evicted from a house in Leeds in 1999. Large cordons of police kept the tenants from defending the man while a group of bailiffs and police carried out the eviction. The bulk of the £15,000 was in the form of a banker's draft paid to the bailiffs for the rent due from CIL, not Mr Brewer. If they fail to do so, a bailiff will be instructed to execute a warrant to evict them. This week bailiffs are due to start the eviction process against the activists who have set up camp at the site. The landlord took his estates into his own hands, appointed bailiffs and reeves to run them and sell the surplus on the open market. If it is not vacated by today, the council will seek a court order to send in bailiffs. ‘When they have a court order the bailiffs can gain repossession of the land and can ask the police for help if they need it,’ says John. On 22nd July, the father employed bailiffs to levy distress on the company in respect of £2,857 allegedly owed as rent. Such estates were entrusted to bailiffs who all too often were dishonest and tyrannical. Manorial lords typically held many estates throughout England, the estates being run on a day to day basis by bailiffs or stewards. The court order was soon breached on several occasions and now bailiffs have carried out evictions at both houses. Squatters were given their marching orders after police, bailiffs and immigration officials teamed up for an eviction sting. Last week bailiffs tried to carry out an eviction only to be turned away by protesters. His last, wretched, years were marred by drunkenness and the depredations of the bailiffs, who carried off his household furniture. It may be better to contact the bailiff's head office and agree regular monthly payments with them, which you can realistically afford. Synonyms manager, estate manager, agent, overseer, custodian, caretaker 2North American An official in a court of law who keeps order, looks after prisoners, etc. 〈北美〉法警 Example sentencesExamples He added: ‘If they still fail to leave, county court bailiffs will be sent to evict them with police back up if necessary.’ Accordingly we ordered that affidavits should be taken from each of the 12 jurors and from the two bailiffs looking after them at the hotel. I have been informed by the jury bailiff that you have reached a decision on a majority and I have been told what that majority is. Gloucester ordered the bailiff to open the gates and behind the door was the most unlikely of persons. The bailiff carried the slip of paper to the clerk. The judge's bailiff plays the opera on a boombox for the perpetrators who can only sit and stare back and not look out the window or nap. Court stands in recess and will the bailiff please arrange to have the broken glass cleaned up. Judge Doherty was uncertain about the standard of proof in a criminal case, so in a time-honored tradition of judicial review, he consulted his bailiff. Typically officer of the court refers to a judge, clerk, bailiff, sheriff, or the like, but the term also applies to a lawyer, who is obliged to obey court rules and who owes a duty of candor to the court. Otherwise, courtroom bailiffs and probation officers might have to start accompanying athletes to the games. Civil injunctions are enforced by the court staff and not by the police, but there is no means of calling out the tipstaff or bailiff at midnight on a Saturday night to deal with a drunken partner. Byrd toiled as a bailiff in Brooklyn during the late 1980s, guarding family court judges including Sheindlin. ‘Please all rise for the honorable Judge Quincy Miller,’ called out the bailiff, and the people obeyed. A court order had been sought and granted, and a bailiff engaged. We were greeted by two bailiffs and two prosecutors who worked grand juries full-time. The process involves court bailiffs deciding whether to arrest Mr Shepherd or to pass the order onto police for them to arrest him. The judges often serve as their own court reporter and bailiff. Young people usually serve as jurors and may also fill the roles of prosecuting attorney, defense attorney, judge, bailiff, or other officers of the court. A bailiff leads K through a labyrinthine police precinct populated with people in similar situations. Before the video was over, the bailiff, a police officer in the courtroom, turned it off. 3British historical The sovereign's representative in a district, especially the chief officer of a hundred. 〈英，史〉（尤指百户邑地区的）君主代表 Example sentencesExamples The principal officer was the bailiff of the hundred, who in 1212 was Gerald de Clayton. Nor any Sheriff, or his Bailiff, shall keep his Turn in the Hundred but twice in the Year. The waifs, strays, deodands, goods of felons and fugitives, etc., within the hundred belonged to the lord if the bailiff of the hundred seized them first. Next, the Bailiff of the Hundred had to be summoned and he, or one of the locals, had to notify the Coroner without delay. When his widow died in 1767, her heirs had a bailiff's assessment of her movable property carried out. 3.1 The first civil officer in the Channel Islands. （英国海峡群岛的）首席文官 Example sentencesExamples In 1725 the Auditor of Land Revenue suggested that a bailiff be appointed for the bailiwick to collect rents. The Bailiff is delighted Princess Anne decided to visit the Islands. The term bailiwick dates to the mid-15th century and originally meant the district under a bailiffs jurisdiction. Jersey is a Bailiwick, and the Bailiff is the civic head of the Island. In the bailiwick of Guernsey the Bailiff's duties are at least as multitudinous: possibly more so, as his jurisdiction covers several islands. Origin Middle English: from Old French baillif, inflected form of bailli (see bailie), based on Latin bajulus 'carrier, manager'. Rhymes calif, caliph Definition of bailiff in US English: bailiff nounˈbālifˈbeɪlɪf 1North American An official in a court of law who keeps order, looks after prisoners, etc. 〈北美〉法警 Example sentencesExamples A bailiff leads K through a labyrinthine police precinct populated with people in similar situations. Otherwise, courtroom bailiffs and probation officers might have to start accompanying athletes to the games. Civil injunctions are enforced by the court staff and not by the police, but there is no means of calling out the tipstaff or bailiff at midnight on a Saturday night to deal with a drunken partner. Before the video was over, the bailiff, a police officer in the courtroom, turned it off. Accordingly we ordered that affidavits should be taken from each of the 12 jurors and from the two bailiffs looking after them at the hotel. The process involves court bailiffs deciding whether to arrest Mr Shepherd or to pass the order onto police for them to arrest him. He added: ‘If they still fail to leave, county court bailiffs will be sent to evict them with police back up if necessary.’ A court order had been sought and granted, and a bailiff engaged. The bailiff carried the slip of paper to the clerk. The judges often serve as their own court reporter and bailiff. Gloucester ordered the bailiff to open the gates and behind the door was the most unlikely of persons. Judge Doherty was uncertain about the standard of proof in a criminal case, so in a time-honored tradition of judicial review, he consulted his bailiff. Young people usually serve as jurors and may also fill the roles of prosecuting attorney, defense attorney, judge, bailiff, or other officers of the court. Court stands in recess and will the bailiff please arrange to have the broken glass cleaned up. ‘Please all rise for the honorable Judge Quincy Miller,’ called out the bailiff, and the people obeyed. I have been informed by the jury bailiff that you have reached a decision on a majority and I have been told what that majority is. Typically officer of the court refers to a judge, clerk, bailiff, sheriff, or the like, but the term also applies to a lawyer, who is obliged to obey court rules and who owes a duty of candor to the court. The judge's bailiff plays the opera on a boombox for the perpetrators who can only sit and stare back and not look out the window or nap. We were greeted by two bailiffs and two prosecutors who worked grand juries full-time. Byrd toiled as a bailiff in Brooklyn during the late 1980s, guarding family court judges including Sheindlin. 2British A sheriff's officer who executes writs and processes and carries out distraints and arrests. 〈主英〉（负责执行令状传唤、扣押财产及逮捕）郡副司法长官 Example sentencesExamples He used Ipswich as a base for smuggling, and had so much influence over the bailiffs that they arrested and fined a customs searcher who had caught Debenham smuggling. In those circumstances, the police officers were not justified in arresting the bailiff on the ground that he declined to accede to their request that he should leave the building he had lawfully entered. My questions are: is it correct to ask for money to pay the bailiff or for an arrest or is it a bribe? Another criminal, this one appearing in court on drug possession charges, was arrested by a bailiff after it was discovered he'd smuggled illegal drugs into his own hearing. When an attempt was made to enforce the warrant on 2 March Mr Rahman paid the bailiff £750, the warrant was withdrawn and enforcement was not proceeded with. If you still haven't paid, they hand the writ to a city bailiff. One Trustee eventually engaged bailiffs who went to the Museum, broke in the doors and burst through into Krefft's rooms. He does, after all, owe me 100 from the Troon Open which, despite invoices, writs, bailiffs and enforcers, he still has not paid. The point I was going to make is that when a bailiff goes around to serve a warrant for arrest on a fines defaulter, the bailiff finds all too often that the person is no longer at the address that was given. He allegedly claimed he had a 12-bore shotgun and threatened officers, a bailiff and officials with death after they turned up to throw him out. There is a video of the leasehold premises taken by a bailiff around the time the Old Lease was terminated. The one who escaped submitted a statement to the local court: the sheriff declared the arrest illegal, fined the bailiff, and insisted that the original dispute over labour payments could be heard only when the men were freed. Following his incitement Kelly was taken into custody by a bailiff from the county sheriff's office but was subsequently released on a $50,000 personal recognisance bond. As for resisting eviction, League members knew that if only they could stop the process server or bailiff from actually serving the ejectment writ or civil bill on the occupier, then no eviction could take place. The bailiffs executed a warrant last Friday and locked up the business. It is correct that at anytime they may seek to enforce their order for possession and, if they have it, execute a warrant for possession by instructing the bailiffs to carry out the warrant. When the manager and a bailiff checked the person out they found 14 fish hidden in the boat. If this is not done, then the person who has the reversion may bring an action before the bailiffs, either by gage and pledge or by writ. The principal change proposed in this legislation is to allow bailiffs to execute warrants to collect money owed by fines defaulters. The hundred bailiff served the sheriff's writs and the constable maintained law and order. 2.1 The agent or steward of a landlord. 〈英〉（地主的）管家 Example sentencesExamples This week bailiffs are due to start the eviction process against the activists who have set up camp at the site. The court order was soon breached on several occasions and now bailiffs have carried out evictions at both houses. Last week bailiffs tried to carry out an eviction only to be turned away by protesters. Such estates were entrusted to bailiffs who all too often were dishonest and tyrannical. In the wife's words she lived in a world of unpaid bills, bailiffs at the door and second mortgages. It may be better to contact the bailiff's head office and agree regular monthly payments with them, which you can realistically afford. The tenants-in-chief might then grant the land to sub-tenants in return for rents or services, or work the estate themselves through a bailiff. Mr Scarth, who served on Russian convoys in the Arctic during the Second World War, was convicted of wounding a bailiff as he was evicted from a house in Leeds in 1999. Squatters were given their marching orders after police, bailiffs and immigration officials teamed up for an eviction sting. The bulk of the £15,000 was in the form of a banker's draft paid to the bailiffs for the rent due from CIL, not Mr Brewer. The landlord took his estates into his own hands, appointed bailiffs and reeves to run them and sell the surplus on the open market. Manorial lords typically held many estates throughout England, the estates being run on a day to day basis by bailiffs or stewards. ‘When they have a court order the bailiffs can gain repossession of the land and can ask the police for help if they need it,’ says John. Thieves are posing as bailiffs to break into people's homes to steal TVs and furniture. His last, wretched, years were marred by drunkenness and the depredations of the bailiffs, who carried off his household furniture. A stern faced agent accompanied by red-coats and bailiffs, complete with battering ram came to a wayside cottage and preceded to evict the poor tenants but not without some stern resistance. If it is not vacated by today, the council will seek a court order to send in bailiffs. If they fail to do so, a bailiff will be instructed to execute a warrant to evict them. Large cordons of police kept the tenants from defending the man while a group of bailiffs and police carried out the eviction. On 22nd July, the father employed bailiffs to levy distress on the company in respect of £2,857 allegedly owed as rent. Synonyms manager, estate manager, agent, overseer, custodian, caretaker Origin Middle English: from Old French baillif, inflected form of bailli (see bailie), based on Latin bajulus ‘carrier, manager’.
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