Bailiff is an English word with synonyms like official or functionary. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Bailiff meaning
- An officer of the court
- A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period.
Synonyms of Bailiff
Using Bailiff
- The main meaning on this page is: An officer of the court | A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period. | An officer of the court
- Useful related words include: official, functionary.
- Possible Dutch translations are: baljuw, drost, drossaard.
- In the example corpus, bailiff often appears in combinations such as: the bailiff, bailiff is, bailiff and.
Context around Bailiff
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bailiff
- In this selection, "bailiff" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, deputy, court, high, risto, handcuffed and firms stand out and add context to how "bailiff" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a court bailiff and appointed borough bailiff the bishop. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bailiff" sits close to words such as aaryan, acrimony and akash, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bailiff
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He’s had coffee with the head bailiff. (8 words)
The Isle of Man has a new Deputy High Bailiff. (10 words)
He bowed his head as the bailiff handcuffed him and led him away. (13 words)
The bailiff put handcuffs on Gibson and led him out of the courtroom when it was determined that in spite of the fact that he was making regular child payments, he was not meeting the dollar value imposed on him by the court, according to TMZ. (46 words)
The Treasury confirmed it has been notified of Ms Dorries’ intention to step down, and she is expected to be removed from the Commons by being appointed to the historical position of Steward and Bailiff of the Three Hundreds of Chiltern on Tuesday. (43 words)
The bailiff told Ms Rosevear, who cares for her mother with Alzheimer’s, that she had ten minutes to come up with the money or he was taking her car, which he’d already clamped. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Bailiff is head of the judiciary; the Bailiff and the Deputy Bailiff are appointed by the Crown.
Bailiff Risto Sepp said that the register is necessary and would almost constitute a silver bullet.
He bowed his head as the bailiff handcuffed him and led him away.
So the bailiff is unlikely to take possession of a sofa that doesn’t have this label attached anymore.
The charity said that with high living costs raising the risk of people falling behind on bills, the regulation of bailiff firms should be put on a statutory footing.
The city said it's tried a variety of means to collect and has now turned to a bailiff who is collecting payment directly from the mall's tenants.
The Isle of Man has a new Deputy High Bailiff.
The Treasury confirmed it has been notified of Ms Dorries’ intention to step down, and she is expected to be removed from the Commons by being appointed to the historical position of Steward and Bailiff of the Three Hundreds of Chiltern on Tuesday.
In 1846, he was appointed Borough Bailiff – the Bishop of Durham’s representative in the town, a post which dated back to at least 1433.
Now they just gotta get rid of the bailiff, and have Flobert take over that role.
The bailiff put handcuffs on Gibson and led him out of the courtroom when it was determined that in spite of the fact that he was making regular child payments, he was not meeting the dollar value imposed on him by the court, according to TMZ.
The bailiff told Ms Rosevear, who cares for her mother with Alzheimer’s, that she had ten minutes to come up with the money or he was taking her car, which he’d already clamped.
The council eventually relented and agreed to wipe the nearly £500 worth of bailiff fees from his bill, plus £100 court costs.
The court bailiff, however, told the court that he effected service on the respondent but was told that he would not come.
The existing system requires all public events to obtain permission from the Bailiff, a process that can take up to six months.
He’s had coffee with the head bailiff.
He then became a Guernsey Barrister in 1998, and the Deputy Bailiff of Guernsey in 2012.
He then became a Guernsey Barrister in 1998, and the Deputy Bailiff of the island in 2012.
It’s called “The Talk” and it happens in every black family with children, says Isaiah Simmons, a father, a minister, and a court bailiff.
The Hollywood Reporter revealed a bailiff attempted to board the ship to serve papers on Packer but was told to return the following day because he was not there.
Common combinations with bailiff
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the bailiff 20×
- bailiff is 4×
- bailiff and 4×
- bailiff of 4×
- court bailiff 4×
- deputy bailiff 3×
- of bailiff 3×
- bailiff who 2×
- bailiff was 2×