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bail•iff



Pronunciation: (bā'lif), [key]
—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 the chief magistrate in certain towns.
3. (esp. in Britain) an overseer of a landed estate or farm.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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