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Mandavi ballivo

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Abbott (1879)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

I have commanded the bailiff—a form of return on an execution.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In English Practice. The return made by a sheriff when he has committed the execution of a writ of a liberty to a bailiff, who has the right to execute the writ.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

(I have commanded or made my mandate to the bailiff.)

In English practice. The return made by a sheriff, where the bailiff of a liberty has the execution of a writ, that he has commanded the bailiff to execute it 1 Tidd, Pr. 309 ; 2 Tidd, PT. 1025.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

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In English law. I have commanded, or made my mandate to the bailiflr; the return made by a sheriff, where the bailiff of a liberty has the execution of the writ.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

(I have commanded or made my mandate to the bailiff.)

In English practice. The return made by a sheriff, where the bailiff of a liberty has the execution of a writ, that he has commanded the bailiff to execute it. 1 Tidd, Pr. 309; 2 Tidd, Pr. 1025.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

I have commanded the bailiff. The name of a return made by a sheriff, in English practice, where he has committed >the execution of a writ to a ba Lifi who has the right to execute it.