bailiff Copy link Outline I. The manager of a farm1. villĭcus2. officiorum or operarum magister, Col.II. an officer attached to a court of justice • bailiff: I. The manager of a farm: 1. villĭcus: Cic.: Hor.: a b.'s wife, villĭca: Cato: Juv. 2. officiorum or operarum magister, Col. II. an officer attached to a court of justice: appārĭtor: Cic.
BAILIFF Copy link • BAILIFFadministrator: procurator (manager of the affairs of an absentee by commission): villicus (an under-steward of a manor): to commit the management of an estate to a bailiff, villicum fundo familiaeque praeponere: apparitor (an officer of a court of justice, whose business it is to execute arrests, etc.; also lictor: but these words answer in part only to our bailiff or catchpoll): the high bailiff, quaesitor ac judex primus.