"It is provided, also, that if a man, impleaded for a tenement in the same city, (London,) doth vouch a foreigner to warranty, that he shall come into the chancery, and have a writ to summon his warrantor at a certain day before the justices of the beach, and another writ to the mayor and bailiff of London, that they shall surcease (suspend proceedings) in the matter that is before them by writ, until the plea of the warrantee be determined before the justices of the bench; and when the plea at the bench shall be determined, then shall he that is vouched be commanded to go into the city," (that is, before "the mayor and bailiffs " court,) "to answer unto the chief plea; and a writ shall be awarded at the suit of the demandant by the justices unto the mayor and bailiffs, that they shall proceed in the plea," &c;. 6 Edward I., ch. 12, (1278.) Coke, in his commentary on this chapter, also speaks repeatedly of "the mayor and bailiffs" as judges holding courts, and also speaks of this chapter as applicable not only to "the citie of London, specially named for the cause aforesaid, but extended by equity to all other privileged places," (that is, privileged to have a court of "mayor and bailiffs,") "where foreign voucher is made, as to Chester, Durham, Salop," &e;. 2 Inst., 325 7. BAILIE. In Scotch law, a municipal magistrate, corresponding with the English alderman.[8] Burrill's Law Dictionary. BAILLIFFE Baillif. Fr. A bailiff: a ministerial officer with duties similar to those of a sheriff. * * The judge of a court. A municipal magistrate, &c;. Burrill's Law Dict.