BAILIFFS OF HUNDREDS
\bˈe͡ɪlɪfs ɒv hˈʌndɹədz], \bˈeɪlɪfs ɒv hˈʌndɹədz], \b_ˈeɪ_l_ɪ_f_s ɒ_v h_ˈʌ_n_d_ɹ_ə_d_z]\
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In LJnglish law. Officers appointed over hundreds, by the sheriffs, to collect fines therein, and summon juries; to attend the judges and justices at the assises and quarter sessions; and also to execute writs and process in the several hundreds. 1 Bl. Comm. 345 ; 3 Steph. Comm. 29; Bract, fol. 116.
By Henry Campbell Black
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