Definition of Bum-Bailiff | OpenJurist

Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.

Bum-bailiff

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

Definition:
A dun; a bailiff’s deputy.
Bum-Bailiff

Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

Definition:
A person employed to dun one for a debt; a baillff employed to arrest a debtor. Probably a vulgar corruption of "bound-bailiff," (q. v.)