释义
n.
a person who performs certain actions under legal authority, in particular
执达员,尤指:
chiefly Brit. a sheriff's officer who executes writs and processes and carries out distraints and arrests
〈主英〉(负责执行令状传唤、扣押财产及逮捕)郡副司法长官。
Brit. the agent or steward of a landlord
〈英〉(地主的)管家。
N. Amer. an official in a court of law who keeps order, looks after prisoners, etc
〈北美〉法警。
Brit. historical the sovereign's representative in a district, especially the chief officer of a hundred
〈英,史〉(尤指百户邑地区的)君主代表。
the first civil officer in the Channel Islands
(英国海峡群岛的)首席文官。
词源
"Middle English: from Old French baillif, inflected form of bailli (see BAILIE), based on Latin bajulus ‘carrier, manager’."