"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 Letæ, 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_.) "BAILIFF.--In England an officer appointed by the sheriff. Bailiffs 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._