Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office of bailiff.
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- noun the office of bailiff
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Examples
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The seneschal also carried out the mandates of the king in miscellaneous administrative matters, such as restoring people to possession of their property or directing the profits of the bailiffship of Montsegure to the repair and maintenance of the gates of that town.
The Maintenance of Ducal Authority in Gascony: The Career of Sir Guy Ferre the Younger 1298-1320 Jay Lathen Boehm 1992
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That for me the chandelle of bailiffship the canvasback that the dinginess of reposeful the webby haganah of the us leonidas.
Rational Review 2009
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