Book 2 — CHAPTER I. OF HIS QUALITY.
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The bailiff of a franchise or liberty is he who in a free place, or portion of a county, taken away from the power of the sheriff, executes the business of the sheriff. Spelman.
Minister to the King.
The bailiff of the franchise is not minister to the sheriff but to the King. 8 E. 4. 17.
Officer per se.
The bailiff of a franchise is an officer by himself, and hath not to do with the sheriff. 21 H. 7. 23.
The bailiff of a liberty is not servant to the sheriff, for the sheriff cannot make other return but according to that which the bailiff of the liberty certifies him. Keilwey, 89.
Kings bailiff.
The Kings bailiff of his manor is immediate officer to the King. 33 H. 6. 29.
The bailiff of a liberty is such an officer as the court will take notice of. Pasch. 24 Car. B. R. Q. S. P. R. 122.