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Bailiwick
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 … 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.
London
Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 120), the powers of which board are transferred to the London County Council, the number of councillors consisting of double the number of parliamentary members. The general government of London … members of vestries representing parishes, and district boards representing combinations of parishes, which conducted its local government. The franchise and qualifications were, by the Local Government Act, 1894, assimilated to those obtaining in the case of the
Wreck
royal grant (s. 522). This revenue of wrecks was frequently granted to lords of manors as a royal franchise. It is a branch of the coroner's office to inquire concerning shipwrecks and certify whether there has been … deal generally with the custody of wreck by district 'receivers' of wreck (as by the sheriffs of the counties under the ancient law), and the suppression of plunder by them, the claims of the owners within one
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