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bailiff-errant

noun

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  1. An official employed by the sheriff to carry out summonses, writs etc. within the county.

    • The warrant straight was made, and therewithall / A Baylieffe-errant forth in post did passe […].
    • This Return is not good, because this Arrest is the proper Arrest of the Sheriff, and no Credit is to be given to the Bailiff errant.
    • In 1219, Gilbert le Gluton held land and an oven in Nottingham by sergeancy as a royal bailiff errant.

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