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Baliva

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), 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

or BALLIVA. Equivalent to halivatus. Bolivia, a bailiwick; the jurisdiction of a sheriff; the whole district within which the trust of the sheriff was to be executed. Cowell. Occurring in the return of the sheriff, non est inventus in balliva mea, he has not been found in my bailiwick; afterwards abbreviated to the simple non est inventus. 3 Bl. Comm. 283. BALIVO AMOVENDO (Law Lat. for removing a bailiff). A writ to remove a bailiff out of his office.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

L. Lat.

In old English law. A balliwick or jurisdiction.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

balliva, baliratus, balivia, ballivia, I. I In old English law. A bailiwick, or jurisdiction, v. Bailiwick; Ballia.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Lat.

In old English law. A bailiwick, or jurisdiction.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat.

In old English law. A bailiwick, or jurisdiction. Ubh balivam kabeat vel jurisdictionem; where he has a bailiwick or jurisdiction. Stat. Marlbr. c. 2. 2 Inst. 105. See Balliva.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

a bailiwick or jurisdiction.