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Bound Bailiff

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

A sheriff's officer, who serves writs and makes arrests. He is so called because bound to the sheriff for the due execution of his office.

1 Bl. Comm. 345.