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Bailiwick

BA'ILIWICK, n.[bailli, an officer, See bailiff.] The precincts in which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority; as a hundred, a liberty, a forest, over which a bailiff is appointed. In...

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BA'ILIWICK, n.[bailli, an officer, See bailiff.]

The precincts in which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority; as a hundred, a liberty, a forest, over which a bailiff is appointed. In the liberties and franchises of lords, the bailiff has exclusive jurisdiction.

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