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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Continuous line of thought

1) He was a good man and would not therefore have said such things.
He was a good man and did not therefore say such things.
Are they okay?

2) Who's a bailiff? Do they refer to just about any officer of the court or to anyone specific? What's the plural?

Thanks a ton.
  

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1-- Yes 2-- Bailiff, bailiffs n. 1) a court official, usually a deputy sheriff, who keeps order in the courtroom and handles various errands for the judge and clerk. 2) in some jurisdictions, a person appointed by the court to handle the affairs of an incompetent person or to be a "keeper" of goods or money pending further order of the court.

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  • 1-- Yes 2-- Bailiff, bailiffs n.
  • 1) a court official, usually a deputy sheriff, who keeps order in the courtroom and handles various errands for the judge and clerk.
  • 2) in some jurisdictions, a person appointed by the court to handle the affairs of an incompetent person or to be a "keeper" of goods or money pending further order of the court.
  • "Bailiff" has its origin in Old French and Middle English for custodian, and in the Middle Ages was a significant position in the English court system.
  • The word "bailiwick" originally meant the jurisdictional territory of a bailiff.
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1-- Yes
2-- Bailiff, bailiffs
n. 1) a court official, usually a deputy sheriff, who keeps order in the courtroom and handles various errands for the judge and clerk. 2) in some jurisdictions, a person appointed by the court to handle the affairs of an incompetent person or to be a "keeper" of goods or money pending further order of the court. "Bailiff" has its origin in Old Frenc
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