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Bailie

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

In the Scotch law. A bailie is (1) a magistrate having inferior criminal jurisdiction, similar to that of an alderman, (q. v.;) (2) an officer appointed to confer infeoffment, (q. v.;) a bailiff, (q. v.;) a server of writs.

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