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Water-bailiff, an officer in port towns, whose duty it is to search ships; also an officer appointed under the Salmon Fishery Acts to enforce the provisions of those Acts by searching for illegal engines, etc. See Salmon and Fresh Water Fisheries Act, 1923 (13 & 14 Geo. 5, c. 16), ss. 66 et seq.