(law) A person who provides bail for another

(Scotland) A bailiff. / (Scotland) The chief magistrate of a Scottish barony or part of a county, with functions like a sheriff's.

(obsolete) The jurisdiction of a bailie or bailiff; a bailiwick. / (Scottish local government) The equivalent of alderman in some Scottish cities.

plural of bailie

plural of baillie

A law enforcement officer who polices bodies of water, such as rivers, lake or coastal waters.

One who bails or lades. / A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit. / (law) Alternative form of bailor

plural of bailiff

plural of bailer

(law) One who holds bailed property; one who takes possession of the property of another (called a bailor) in order to keep that property safe for the other. / A person who is granted bail.