Bailiff
Manager, overseer or custodian / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Bailiff (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Baillif.
A bailiff[1] is a manager, overseer or custodian – a legal officer to whom some degree of authority or jurisdiction is given. Bailiffs are of various kinds and their offices and duties vary greatly.[2]
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Another official sometimes referred to as a bailiff was the Vogt. In the Holy Roman Empire a similar function was performed by the Amtmann. They are mostly known for being the officer that keeps the order in a court of law and swearing litigants in.