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REEVE |
Bailiff |
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BAILLIE |
Bailiff. |
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PHILISTINE |
A bailiff. |
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CATCHPOLL |
A bailiff's assistant. |
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APPROVER |
A bailiff or steward; an agent. |
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BUMBAILIFF |
See Bound bailiff, under Bound, a. |
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FACTOR |
A steward or bailiff of an estate. |
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BOROUGHMASTER |
The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough. |
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PESTLE |
A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its
shape. |
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BAILIWICK |
The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction;
the limits of a bailiff's authority. |
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GREEVE |
A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a
manorial bailiff. |
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HUNDREDER |
One who has the jurisdiction of a hundred; and
sometimes, a bailiff of a hundred. |
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NUTHOOK |
A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who
hooks or seizes malefactors. |
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BURGHMASTER |
An officer who directs and lays out the meres or
boundaries for the workmen; -- called also bailiff, and barmaster. |
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ASSIZE |
An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a
bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for
public business. |
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ESTREAT |
A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing
or record, esp. of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of
court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer. |
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SERGEANT |
Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the
more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose duty was to
attend on the k... |