Part 868

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power<?/ of custody or care are intrusted.</def>

<i>Abbott.</i>

<blockquote>Lausanne is under the canton of Berne, governed by a <b>bailiff</b> sent every three years from the senate. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc.</def>

<note>&hand; In American law the term <i>bailiff</i> is seldom used except sometimes to signify a sheriff's officer or constable, or a party liable to account to another for the rent and profits of real estate.</note>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Bailiffwick</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bail"iff*wick</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Bailiwick</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bailiwick</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bail"i*wick</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bailie</ets>, <ets>bailiff</ets> + <ets>wick</ets> a village.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.</def>

<h1>Baillie</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bail"lie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Bailiff.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Same as <er>Bailie</er>.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Bailment</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bail"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The action of bailing a person accused.</def>

<blockquote><b>Bailment</b> . . . is the saving or delivery of a man out of prison before he hath satisfied the law. <i>Dalton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A delivery of goods or money by one person to another in trust, for some special purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<note>&hand; In a general sense it is sometimes used as comprehending all duties in respect to property.</note>

<i>Story.</i>

<h1>Bailor</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bail`or"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who delivers goods or money to another in trust.</def>

<h1>Bailpiece</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bail"piece`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond.</def>

<h1>Bain</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bain</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bain</ets>, fr. L. <ets>balneum</ets>. Cf. <er>Bagnio</er>.]</ety> <def>A bath; a bagnio.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>