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Bailiff-errant

Bailiff-errant, a bailiff's deputy. See OUTRIDERS.

Errant [itinerant], applied to justices on circuit, and bailiffs at large,

Nonvidentur qui errant consentire.-(They do not appear to consent who commit a mistake.)

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Wandering deviating from an appointed course or from a direct path roving

A wandering knight a knight who traveled in search of adventures for the purpose of exhibiting military skill prowess and...

Pertaining to a knight errant or to knight errantry

A knight errant a distinguished champion as the paladins of Charlemagne

Outriders, bailiffs-errant employed by sheriffs or their deputies to ride to the extremities of their counties or hundreds to summon...

of wrongdoing, tried cases, and levied fines. Also termed justica errante; justiciar in itinere, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 869.

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