baillie, bailie, baile, baille, bailze, bailzie

a magistrate in a burgh; but ‘baillies in that pairt’ (part) are representatives appointed to carry out a specific function, usually the giving of sasine. People appointed thus by the Crown are ‘sheriffs in that pairt’. The term can also be used to indicate a farm servant, for example a ‘cow bailie’ was a stockman looking after cattle.