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Pestle :: Pestle (n.) A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape.

Stump :: Stump (n.) One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.

Bail :: Bail (v./t.) To deliver; to release.

Bail :: Bail (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court.

Reeve :: Reeve (n.) an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc..

Bailpiece :: Bailpiece (n.) A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond..

Bailie :: Bailie (n.) An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman..

Assize :: Assize (n.) An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public business..

Bailey :: Bailey (n.) A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester..

Admit :: Admit (v. t.) To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as, to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was admitted to bail..

Bailer :: Bailer (n.) See Bailor.

Bail :: Bail (n.) The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming surely for his appearance in court..

Errant :: Errant (a.) Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large.

Bailey :: Bailey (n.) The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.

Bailor :: Bailor (n.) One who delivers goods or money to another in trust.

Nuthook :: Nuthook (n.) A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks or seizes malefactors..

Pledge :: Pledge (n.) The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between the debtor and creditor by a thing being so delivered or deposited, forming a species of bailment; also, that which is so delivered or deposited; something put in pawn..

Greeve :: Greeve (n.) A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff..

Bailer :: Bailer (n.) A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit..

Bailable :: Bailable (a.) Admitting of bail; as, a bailable offense..

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