- bailiffship
- noun see bailiff
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
bailiffship
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bailiffship — See bailiff. * * * … Universalium
bailiffship — bai·liff·ship … English syllables
bailiffship — noun the office of bailiff • Derivationally related forms: ↑bailiff • Hypernyms: ↑position, ↑post, ↑berth, ↑office, ↑spot, ↑billet, ↑place, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bailiff — bailiffship, n. /bay lif/, n. 1. an officer, similar to a sheriff or a sheriff s deputy, employed to execute writs and processes, make arrests, keep order in the court, etc. 2. (in Britain) a person charged with local administrative authority, or … Universalium
bailiff — 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 … New Collegiate Dictionary
Chiltern Hundreds — In the thirteenth century, Chiltern Hundreds (a hundred is a traditional division of an English county) referred to a hilly, wooded area in Buckinghamshire notorious as a hiding place for robbers. A Crown Steward was appointed to maintain law… … Glossary of UK Government and Politics
