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Then farmers and landlords used bailiffs as rent collectors.
 
Then farmers and landlords used bailiffs as rent collectors.
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In modern America bailiffs are messengers and ushers in the court system.
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The office or jurisdiction of a bailiff was known as his "bailiwick" (BAY-lih-wik).
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In modern America bailiffs are messengers and ushers in the court system. Today a "bailiwick" can mean any person's special domain, as in "that question about the party can be best answered by Susan, because managing the party is in in her bailiwick."
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