As England is divided into counties, so every county is divided into hundreds; within which, in ancient times, the people had justice administered to them by the several officers of every hundred, which were the bailiffs. And it appears by Bracton, (lib. 3, tract. 2, ch. 34,) that bailiffs of hundreds might anciently hold plea of appeal and approvers; but since that time the hundred courts, except certain franchises, are swallowed in the county courts; and now the bailiff's name and office is grown into contempt, they being generally officers to serve writs, &c;., within their liberties; though, in other respects, the name is still in good esteem, for the chief magistrates in divers towns are called bailiffs; and sometimes the persons to whom the king's castles are committed are termed bailiffs, as the bailiffof Dover Castle, &c;., "Of the ordinary bailiffs there are several sorts, viz., bailiffsof liberties; sheriffs' bailiffs; bailiffs of lords of manors; bailiffs of husbandry, &c;. "Bailiffs of liberties or franchises are to be sworn to take distresses, truly impanel jurors, make returns by indenture between them and sheriffs, &c;. "Bailiffs of courts baron summon those courts, and execute the process thereof. " Besides these, there are also bailiffs of the forest... " Jacob's Law Dict. Tomlin's do. "BAILIWICK, balliva, is not only taken for the county, but signifies generally that liberty which is exempted from the sheriff of the county, over which the lord of the liberty appointeth a bailiff, with such powers within his precinct as an under-sheriff exerciseth under the sheriff of the county; such as the bailiff of Westminster." Jacob's Law Dict. Tomlin's do. "A bailiff of a Leet, Court-baron, Manor, Balivus Letae, Baronis, Manerii. He is one that is appointed by the lord, or his steward, within every manor, to do such offices as appertain thereunto, as to summon the court, warn the tenants and resiants; also, to summon the Leet and Homage, levy fines, and make distresses, &c;., of which you may read at large in Kitchen's Court-leet and Court-baron." A Law Dictionary, anonymous, (in Suffolk Law Library.) "Bailliff In England an officer appointed by the sheriff. Bailiff's are either special, and appointed, for their adroitness, to arrest persons; or bailiffs of hundreds, who collect fines, summon juries, attend the assizes, and execute writs and processes, The sheriff in England is the king's bailiff. "The office of bailiff formerly was high and honorable in England, and officers under that title on the continent are still invested with important functions." Webster. "BAILLI, (Scotland.) An alderman; a magistrate who is second in rank in a royal burgh." Worcester. "Baili, or Bailiff. (Sorte d'officier de justice.) A bailiff; a sort of magistrate." Boyer's French Dict. "By some opinions, a bailiff, in Magna Carta, ch. 28, signifies any judge." Cunningham's Law Dict.