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bailiff

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historical UK US obsolete slang

(historical, Norman term) A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period.

Japanese Meaning

歴史的な英語での「bailiff」は、ノルマン時代以降の英国において、裁判所（あるいは下位裁判所）の決定を執行する主要な役人、すなわち「裁判執行官」や「執行官」として理解されます。

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The bailiff rode ahead of the procession, carrying the writ that ordered the seizure of the disputed lands.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

裁判の決定を執行する責任を負う評定官が行列の先導を務め、争われている土地の差し押さえを命じる令状を携えていた。

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(UK) A high bailiff: an officer of the county courts responsible for executing warrants and court orders, appointed by the judge and removable by the Lord Chancellor.

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(UK) A bound bailiff: a deputy bailiff charged with debt collection.

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(US) Any law enforcement officer charged with courtroom security and order.

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(obsolete) A king's man: any officer nominated by the English Crown.

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(historical) Synonym of hundredman: The chief officer of a hundred in medieval England.

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The title of the mayor of certain English towns.

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The title of the castellan of certain royal castles in England.

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The chief justice and president of the legislature on Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands.

The Bailiff of Jersey is the President of the States and acts as Speaker of the Assembly in the Westminster tradition. He is responsible for the orderly conduct of the States Assembly and its business. As Presiding Officer he has the right of speech – which is mainly exercised for ensuring the orderly conduct of the proceedings – but he cannot vote.

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The High Bailiff of the Isle of Man.

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(obsolete) A bailie: an alderman in certain Scottish towns.

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(historical) An appointee of the French king administering certain districts of northern France in the Middle Ages.

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(historical) A head of a district ("bailiwick") of the Knights Hospitaller; a head of one of the national associations ("tongues") of the Hospitallers' headquarters on Rhodes or Malta.

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(historical) A landvogt in the medieval German states.

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(historical) A steward: the manager of a medieval manor charged with collecting its rents, etc.

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Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.

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