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.