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Line 1: − The '''bailiff''' is an officer of the court responsible for keeping order and maintaining appropriate courtroom decorum and has custody of the jury. [[Category:Legal Terms]]+ − − == History == − − A bailiff was an estate manager for the lord of the [[manor]] in feudal England, beginning in the 11th century. Towards the end of the [[Middle Ages]], the bailiff's duties shifted to become an assistant the sheriff, because lords were often renting their manors to farmers and did not need estate managers anymore. − Then farmers and landlords used bailiffs as rent collectors. − − The office or jurisdiction of a bailiff was known as his "bailiwick" (BAY-lih-wik). − − 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." − − [[Category:Professions]]
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