Bailiff

bāl′if, n. formerly any king's officer, e.g. sheriffs, mayors, ., but applied specially to the chief officer of a hundred, still the title of the chief magistrate of various towns (e.g. High-bailiff of Westminster, cf. Bailiff of Dover Castle, also the bailly or first civil officer of the Channel Islands: a sheriff's officer: an agent or land-steward.— n. Bail′iwick , the jurisdiction of a bailiff. [O. Fr. baillif —Low L. bajulivus — bajalus , carrier, administrator. See Bail .]