Balius
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In Civil Law. A teacher; one who has the care of youth; a tutor; a guardian. Du Cange, Bajultis; Spelmau, Gl BALI V A (spelled also Balliva). Equivalent to Balivatus. 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 Bla. Coin. L1^