BAILIFF (The Dictionary of Canadian Law, 3rd-edition):
1. a sheriff's officer or person employed by a sheriff to make arrests, carry out executions, and serve writs.
2. A person who, for remuneration, acts or assists a person to act, or represents to a person that she or he is acting or is available to act, on behalf of another person in repossessing, seizing or distraining any chattel, or in evicting a person from property.
3. As used today, the word "bailiff" has two meanings. In the first meaning, it refers to a person employed in an official capacity to serve a Crown-appointed officer (such as a sheriff) or a court.
*In the second meaning, it refers to an AGENT of a PRIVATE person who collects rents or manages real estate. R. v. Burns 2002*
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