A bailiff (French: bailli, pronounced [baji] ) was the king's administrative representative during the ancien régime in northern France, where the bailiff was responsible for the application of justice and control of the administration and local finances in his bailiwick (baillage). == Name == Bailli is first noted in the 12th century and comes the same word in Old French which means to govern or administer.
A bailiff (French: bailli, pronounced [baji] ) was the king's administrative representative during the ancien régime in northern France, where the bailiff was responsible for the application of justice and control of the administration and local finances in his bailiwick (baillage). == Name == Bailli is first noted in the 12th century and comes the same word in Old French which means to govern or administer.
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