Bailiff
Bailiff noun - An officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc..
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Steward
Steward noun - A person hired to perform household or personal services.
Bailiff and steward are semantically related (British) in custodian topic. You can use "Bailiff" instead a noun "Steward", if it concerns topics such as land agent.
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- Eventually, it became the custom to take the office of Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds or the office of Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead, which had been sinecures with piddling pay for generations, as the means of resignation from the House.
Source: Resignations Not Accepted
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