The difference between Bailiff and Judge

When used as nouns, bailiff means a reeve, the chief officer executing the decisions of any english court in the period following the norman conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period, whereas judge means a public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments.

Judge is also verb with the meaning: to sit in judgment on.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bailiff and Judge

  1. Bailiff as a noun (law enforcement):

    An officer of the court, particularly: A reeve, the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period. A high bailiff: an officer of the county courts responsible for executing warrants and court orders, appointed by the judge and removable by the Lord Chancellor. A bound bailiff: a deputy bailiff charged with debt collection. Any law enforcement officer charged with courtroom security and order. A huissier de justice or other foreign officer of the court acting as either a process server or as courtroom security.

  2. Bailiff as a noun (obsolete):

    A public administrator, particularly: A king's man: any officer nominated by the English Crown. The chief officer of a hundred in medieval England. The title of the mayor of certain English towns. The title of the castellan of certain royal castles in England. The chief justice and president of the legislature on Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands. The High Bailiff of the Isle of Man. A bailie: an alderman in certain Scottish towns. An appointee of the French king administering certain districts of northern France in the Middle Ages. A head of a district ("bailiwick") of the Knights Hospitaller; a head of one of the national associations ("tongues") of the Hospitallers' headquarters on Rhodes or Malta. A landvogt in the medieval German states.

  3. Bailiff as a noun (historical):

    A private administrator, particularly A steward: the manager of a medieval manor charged with collecting its rents, etc. An overseer: a supervisor of tenant farmers, serfs, or slaves, usually as part of his role as steward (see above). The foreman or overman of a mine.

  4. Bailiff as a noun (UK, slang):

    Any debt collector, regardless of his or her official status.

  1. Judge as a noun:

    A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.

  2. Judge as a noun:

    A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.

  3. Judge as a noun:

    A person officiating at a sports event or similar.

    Examples:

    "At a boxing match, the decision of the judges is final."

  4. Judge as a noun:

    A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.

    Examples:

    "She is a good judge of wine."

    "They say he is a poor judge of character considering all the unreliable friends he has made."

  1. Judge as a verb (transitive):

    To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.

    Examples:

    "A higher power will judge you after you are dead."

  2. Judge as a verb (intransitive):

    To sit in judgment, to act as judge.

    Examples:

    "Justices in this country judge without appeal."

  3. Judge as a verb (transitive):

    To form an opinion on.

    Examples:

    "I judge a man’s character by the cut of his suit."

  4. Judge as a verb (intransitive):

    To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.

    Examples:

    "We cannot both be right: you must judge between us."

  5. Judge as a verb (transitive):

    To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.

    Examples:

    "I judge it safe to leave the house once again."

  6. Judge as a verb (intransitive):

    To form an opinion; to infer.

    Examples:

    "I judge from the sky that it might rain later."

  7. Judge as a verb (transitive, intransitive):

    To criticize or label another person or thing.

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