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Special bailiff, one chosen by a party himself to execute process in the sheriff's hands; the appointment of such a bailiff relieves the sheriff of all responsibility, 2 Steph. Com....
Bailiff
Bailiff, a keeper or protector, an officer who puts in force an arresting process, or who is employed to distrain for rent, for which employment the certificate of a county court judge is required under the (English) Law of Distress Amendment Act, 1888.Bailiffs to execute county court processes are appointed under s. 28 of the (English) County Courts Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 53), to assist one or more 'high bailiffs' for each court. Also, land-steward. There are several kinds of bailiffs, whose offices and employments greatly differ from one another, yet they agree in that the keeping or protection of something belongs to them all.A Court officer who maintains order during court proceeding; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., 136.Means an officer of some courts in United States whose duty usually include keeping order in the court-room and guarding prisoners or jurers in deliberation, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 41....
High bailiffs
High bailiffs, officers appointed under s. 33 of the County Courts Act, 1888, by the judge of each county Court, to attend every sitting of the Court, and by themselves, or the bailiffs appointed to assist them, to serve all summonses and orders, and execute all warrants, precepts, and writs of the Court except as in the Act provided. By the County Courts Act, 1934, s. 189, references to high bailiff are to be construed as references to the registrar where the office of high bailiff has been vacated....
Bum-Bailiff
Bum-Bailiff, a person employed to dun one for a debt; the bailiff employed to arrest for debt. See BOUND-BAILIFFS....
Bailiff-errant
Bailiff-errant, a bailiff's deputy. See OUTRIDERS....
Bound-bailiffs
Bound-bailiffs, officers who arrested debtors, etc., and who entered into bonds for their good behaviour. The vulgar phrase 'bum-bailiff' is, perhaps, a corruption of this word....
bailiff
bailiff [Anglo-French, steward, king's official, from bail stewardship, custody, handing over see bail ] : an officer of some courts in the U.S. whose duties usually include keeping order in the courtroom and guarding prisoners or jurors in deliberation ...
Water-bailiff
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....
Special Economic Zone
Special Economic Zone, means a specifically delineated duty-free enclave, as if it were a foreign territory for the purpose of trade operations, duties and tariffs, having been declared and notified in the official Gazette as a Special Economic Zone by the Central Government. [West Bengal Special Economic Zone Act, 2003, s. 2(l)]Means each Special Economic Zone notified under the proviso to sub-section (4) of section 3 and sub-section (1) of section 4 (including Free Trade and Warchousing Zone) and includes an existing Special Economic Zone. [Special Economic Zone Act, 2005 (28 of 2005), s. 2(za)]Means each Special Economic Zone notified under the proviso to sub-s. (4) of s. 3 and sub-s. (1) of s. 4 (including Free Trade and Warehousing Zone) and includes an existing Special Economic Zone. [Special Economic Zone Act, 2005, s. 2(Za)]Means the area declared by the Government of India as the Special Economic Zones. [Gujarat Special Economic Zone Act, 2004, s. 2(n)]Means an area identified...
Special jury
Special jury, a jury consisting of persons who, in addition to the ordinary qualifications, are of a certain station in society as esquires, bankers, merchants, etc. The Jurors Act, 1870, s. 6, provides that every man whose name shall be on the jurors' book for any county in England or Wales, or for the county of the City of London, and who shall be legally entitled to be called an esquire, or shall be a person of higher degree, or shall be a banker or merchant, or who shall occupy a private dwelling-house rated or assessed to the poor rate, or to the inhabited house duty, on a value of not less than 100l. in a town containing, according to the census then next preceding the preparation of the jury list, 20,000 inhabitants and upwards, or rated or assessed to the poor rate, or to the inhabited house duty, on a value of not less than 50l. elsewhere, or who shall occupy premises other than a farm, rated or assessed as aforesaid on a value of not less than 100l., or a farm rated or assess...
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