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High bailiffs
High bailiffs, officers appointed under s. 33 of the County Courts Act,
Bailiff
25 Geo. 5, c. 53), to assist one or more 'high bailiffs' for each court. Also, land-steward. There are several kinds of
Reeve
steward or bailiff. See DYKE-REEVE; FIELD-REEVE. A ministerial officer of high rank having local jurisdiction, the chief magistrate of a hundred, … Reeve [fr. gerefa, Sax.], a steward or bailiff. See DYKE-REEVE; FIELD-REEVE. A ministerial officer of high rank having
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Sergeant
was to attend on the king and on the lord high steward in court to arrest traitors and other offenders He … in England an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred also an officer whose duty was to
Magna Carta
of the year 1214, and there solemnly swore upon the high alter to withdraw their allegiance from the Crown, and openly … DOWER. The 8th chapter relates to Crown debts:-'We or our bailiffs shall not seize any land or rent for any debt,
Court-leet
Savoy which meets at St. Clement Danes Vestry Hall, the High Steward of the Manor presiding, a jury being empannelled one … as empanelling the jury, are executed by the bedel or bailiff, sworn to a due performance of his duty. The steward
Replevin
without delay either in the County Court or in the High Court, and to restore it if the right be adjudged … right; where, on the other hand, it was against the bailiff or servant, he made cognizance--that is, he acknowledged the taking
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