Bailli
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In old French law. A person to whom judicial authority and jurisdiction were assigned or delivered by a superior. BAILMENT (Fr. hailler, to put into the hands of; to deliver). A delivery of something of a personal nature by one party to another, to be held according to the purpose or object of the delivery, and to be returned or delivered over when that purpose is accomplished. Prof. Joel Parker,
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Old French Law. One to whom judicial authority was assigned or delivered by a superior. Black, L. Diet.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
fr. A person to whom a judicial authority and jurisdiction were assigned or delivered by a superior.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In old French law. One to whom judicial authority was assigned or fielivered by a superior.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Fr. [from bailler, to deliver.] In old French law. A person to whom a judicial authority and jurisdiction were assigned or delivered by a superior. The term was applied both to those high officers who were appointed to act as judges in different districts of the kingdom, and to the inferior officers who presided in the lords' courts. 1 Rob. Charles V. Appendix, note xxiii. Esprit des Lois, liv. 28, c. 42. See Bailiff.