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Bound bailiff
(gcide) | Bound \Bound\, p. p. & a.
1. Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.
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2. Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.
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3. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.
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4. Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed
by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound
to fail.
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5. Resolved; as, I am bound to do it. [Collog. U. S.]
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6. Constipated; costive.
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Note: Used also in composition; as, icebound, windbound,
hidebound, etc.
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Bound bailiff (Eng. Law), a sheriff's officer who serves
writs, makes arrests, etc. The sheriff being answerable
for the bailiff's misdemeanors, the bailiff is usually
under bond for the faithful discharge of his trust.
Bound up in, entirely devoted to; inseparable from.
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BOUND BAILIFFS
(bouvier) | BOUND BAILIFFS. Sheriff's officers, who serve writs and make arrests; they
are so called because they are bound to the sheriff for the due execution of
their office. 1 Bl. Com. 345.
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