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bailiff

Chiefly Brit (formerly) a high official having judicial powers
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The top prize-winner, who scoops the new Robbie Williams album Rudebox, and an official hooded T-shirt, is Tasmin Bailif of Ombersley, Droitwich.
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``During the summer I counted 40 caravans on the grass.'' A spokesman for Liverpool City Council said possession orders had been granted by the courts on both sites and that bailif fs would evict the travellers within days.
Travellers face boot; Anger at caravan site outside pounds 163,000 flats
Unemployed Newbery will appear before a High Bailiff or Deputy Bailif on Monday.
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