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Bailiwick
The district over which a sheriff has jurisdiction; it signifies also the same as county, the sheriff's bailiwick extending over the county.
In England, it signifies generally that liberty which is exempted from the sheriff of the county over which the lord of the liberty appoints a bailiff.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
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