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Bailiwick

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Bailiwick [fr. bailli, Fr., and wic, Sax.], the jurisdiction of a bailiff. A county, in respect of the sheriff's jurisdiction therein. A liberty exempted from a sheriff, over which a bailiff is appointed by the lord of the liberty or franchise, with such powers within his precinct as an under-sheriff exercises under a sheriff.

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