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Water Bay Ley

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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In American law. An officer mentioned in the colony laws of New Plymouth (A. D. 1671), whose duty was to collect dues to the colony for fish taken in their waters. Colony Laws (Ed. 1836) 164, 166. Probably another form of water bailiff (q. V.)