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A bailiff was and is a court official charged with maintaining order in a court or an undersheriff whose duties include attaching people or property and serving writs and documents issuing from the court. In some cases the bailiff was the chief magistrate of an area and had administrative functions. The term "High Bailiff" is rare and appears to be limited to Westminster and the Isle of Man, but it is unclear that any special privileges attached to someone appointed as "High Bailiff" as opposed to "Bailiff". Such nomenclature was not systematic.

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