baillie (1), bailie, baily

[From Fr. bailli.] [BAILIFF.] *A. ( Of the forms baily and baillie): A bailiff; a steward. "Also that the seriaunts be made by the Baillies anone the same day of eleccyon."- Eng Guilds (Early Eng. Text Soc . ), p. 395. 412 B. ( Of the form baillie or bailie): In Scots Law : †1. An officer or other person named by a proprietor to give infeftment. 2. A municipal functionary, in rank next above a town-councillor. In most respects his functions are the same as those of an alderman in England. He acts as a magistrate.