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Negotiorum gestor

law will, in many cases oblige him to account to them in or for the profits as his bailiff; for it will be presumed that he entered to take them in trust for the infant, See Wall

Non omittas

do not contain a non omittas clause, the sheriff directs his mandate either to the lord or the bailiff of the liberty, by whom the writ is executed and returned.

Pour faire proclaimer

Pour faire proclaimer, an ancient writ addressed to the may or bailiff of a city or town, requiring him to make proclamation concerning nuisances, etc., Fitz. N.B. 176.

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Praepositus

an officer next in authority to the alderman of a hundred, called pr'positus regius; or a steward or bailiff of an estate, answering to the wicnere, Anc. Inst. Eng. Also the person from whom descents are traced

Quod clerici non eligantur inofficio ballivi, etc

a clerk, who, by reason of some land he had, was made, or was about to be made, bailiff, beadle, reeve, or some such officer, to obtain exemption from serving the office, Reg. Brev. 187.

Reve, or Greve

Reve, or Greve, the bailiff of a franchise or manor, an officer in parishes within forests, who marks the commonable cattle

Replevin

he avowed taking the distress in his own right; where, on the other hand, it was against the bailiff or servant, he made cognizance--that is, he acknowledged the taking in right of the principal or landlord; and

Reve

Reve, means the bailiff of a franchise or manor, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1319.

Reveland

granted out to any by the king, but rested in charge upon the account of the reve or bailiff of the manor, Spelm. Feuds, c. 24.

Sufferance, Tenancy at

determination of his interest in them, is never considered a tenant by sufferance, but he is deemed a bailiff of his own wrong, and so accountable to the Crown, but after office found he becomes absolute intruder.

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