Bailiwick
Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The jurisdiction of a sheriff or bailiff. 1 Bl. Comm. 344, A liberty or exclusive jurisdiction which was exempted from the sheriflf of the county, and over which the lord appointed a bailiff, with such powers within his precinct as the under sheriff exercised under the sheriflf of the county. Wishaw.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The jurisdiction of a sheriff or bailiff. 1 Bla. Com. 344. A liberty or exclusive jurisdiction which was exempted from the sheriff of the county, and over which the lord appointed a bailiff, with such powers within his precinct as the under-sheriff exercised under the sheriff of the county. Whishaw, Lex.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
bailywike, Balliva, baliva, bailivia, balia, ballia, balivatus, I. I., Baillie, bailly, I. fr. The district or jurisdiction of a bailiff or sheriff. In the old law, a liberty or exclusive jurisdiction which was exempted from the sheriff of the county, and over which the lord of the liberty appointed a bailiff with such powers within his precinct as an under-sheriff exercised under the sheriff of the county; a county.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The territorial jurisdiction of asheriff or bailiff. 1 11. Comm. 344.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Lat. balliva, baliva, bailivia, balia, balivatus; L. Fr. baillie. Derived by some from Fr. bailli, a bailiff; and Lat. vicus, a village.] The district or jurisdiction of a bailiff or sheriff: a county, of which the sheriff is, or formerly was, the bailiff. The word is still retained in civil process in this sense. According to Blackstone it was introduced into the English law by the princes of the Norman line. 1 Bl. Com. 344. The word sheriffwick is sometimes used in the old books. Doct. & Stud. Dial. 2, ch. 42, p. 232.
In old English law. A liberty, or exclusive jurisdiction, which was exempted from the sheriff of the county, and over which the lord of the liberty appointed a bailiff with such powers within his precinct as an under-sheriff exercised under the sheriff of the county. Whishaw.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
is the district over which a sheriff has jurisdiction; it signifies also the same as county, the sheriff's bailiwick extending over the county. In England, it signifies generally that liberty which is exempted from the sheriff of the county over which the lord of the liberty appoints a bailiff. Vide Wood’s Inst. 206.