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Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc..

Bail :: Bail (n.) The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable..

Hire :: Hire (n.) A bailment by which the use of a thing, or the services and labor of a person, are contracted for at a certain price or reward..

Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc..

Bailed :: Bailed (imp. & p. p.) of Bai.

Bail Bond :: Bail bond () A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner's appearance in court, at the return of the writ..

Myrmidon :: Myrmidon (n.) A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes cruel orders of a superior without protest or pity; -- sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc..

Baillie :: Baillie (n.) Same as Bailie.

Caution :: Caution (n.) Security; guaranty; bail.

Bail :: Bail (n.) The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming surely for his appearance in court..

Bailiffwick :: Bailiffwick (n.) See Bailiwick.

Bailey :: Bailey (n.) A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester..

Errant :: Errant (a.) Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large.

Stump :: Stump (n.) One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.

Wich :: Wich (n.) A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick..

Assize :: Assize (n.) 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..

Catchpoll :: Catchpoll (n.) A bailiff's assistant.

Bail :: Bail (v. t.) To lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat..

Approver :: Approver (v. t.) A bailiff or steward; an agent.

Bail :: Bail (v./t.) To deliver; to release.

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