Talk:Bailiff

message: Although I've no reason to believe that the information in this section is incorrect, it is written in legalese, which is almost impenetrable to the layman and bears no resemblance to what 90% of the people in England understand to be a bailiff. I don't really feel qualified or knowledgeable enough to remove swathes of what may, or may not, be an accurate description of a bailiff - anybody fancy having a go? Tellkel 14:03, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It is strongly recommended that you read WP:OR and understand that your source is unacceptable. You must provide online sources that are independent of you to back up your changes. Otherwise they will always be reverted. Thank you. 58.164.105.136 (talk) 00:27, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: England

message: Although many Americans would colloquially refer to uniformed officers in a courtroom as bailiffs, the vast majority of them are sheriffs, marshals, or court officers. In fact, they are generally not referred to as "bailiffs" by judges, lawyers, and other court personnel.  Much of the verbiage in the section does not explain what bailiffs do in the US; rather, it lists what non-bailiffs in various states do. For that reason, I have modified the section to clarify American usage of the term "bailiff" and to describe what bailiffs, whether called that or not, do. In addition, I have removed the references to the specific state examples, which were not useful. -Rrius (talk) 08:49, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Wrong, and I'm a lawyer who's worked in courtrooms in Illinois and Ohio, and witnessed federal courts operate. In none of those places, and indeed in most US jurisdictions, the people responsible for court security are not called bailiffs. In fact, Ohio's bailiffs exist in courtrooms but play a different role. -Rrius (talk) 21:16, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  US Examples 

message: from Late Latin baiulivus, adjectival form of baiulus
And what is baiulus then? "Bail"? that should be explained clearly.--91.148.159.4 (talk) 01:48, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Etymology

message: This article is about two different meanings of the term bailiff which are almost entirely unrelated. For this reason, I think that the article should be split into two articles, accessible from a disambiguation page. -- 217.229.42.144 (talk) 13:56, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Specifically, the medieval senses should be addressed tersely and mostly dealt with at reeve, steward, bailiff (France), bailiff (knightly orders), &c. Most of this page should deal with the generic modern offices in the UK and US. — LlywelynII 06:19, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split: medial bailiff and modern bailiff 

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message: As the article is written, I am not seeing what makes this concept notable. It could be merged to the list of baliffs in different countries present here, I guess. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 10:30, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge from [[Court bailiff (Poland)]] 

message: Can we put some color on this page! I found a funny old picture. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Powell_Frith_Mr_Honeywell_introduces_the_bailiffs_1850.jpg 
It would, for instance, give some context on what social purpose bailiffs served, mingling with the ladies of the town and such.
Dudanotak (talk) 00:12, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some images, for god's sake!!! 

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message: I have replaced a wholly unsatisfactory statement (that has stood still for over 10 years) that effectively says that "...in Australia bailiffs are process servers and by the way they execute warrants." with a comprehensive statement that attempts to reasonably reflect the commonality of what a bailiff is in Australia given that there are differences over history and across court jurisdictions and layers of jurisdiction and of course over 6 States and 2 Territories. I am aware it currently has no citations. I invite others to add citations. The citation in the replaced statement is to a commercial website and is not an official or authoritative source.
When and if I can recover my password I am "User:Lanyon" 106.68.10.118 (talk) 03:28, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Australia