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• high-bailiff

Noun

high bailiff ‎(plural high bailiffs)

1. An officer of the county courts responsible for executing warrants and court orders.
   • 1888, Henry D. Barton, Analytical Digest of Cases Published in the Law Journal Reports, Volume 57, page 270

     Every bailiff duly appointed may serve or execute any process which by any Act passed or to be passed is directed to be served or executed by a high bailiff, unless otherwise specially provided against therein.

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