† bailiffwickn.
Obsolete.
1. The district under the jurisdiction of a bailiff.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under a bailiff or bailie
bailliec1314
bailiery1425
bailiwickc1460
bailieshipc1503
bailliage1513
sub-bailiwicka1525
suckena1688
bailiffwick1709
1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xxvi. 312 In case the sheriff..return, that the party..could not be found within his bailiff~wick.
1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 319 Proclaimed..throughout the whole bailiffwick.
2. The office of a bailiff; = bailiffship n.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > chief magistrate of a district > [noun] > bailiff > position of
bailieshipc1472
bailiffwick1509
bailiwicka1513
bailiric1570
bailiffshipa1643
bailiffry1708
bailivate1721
1509 Act 1 Hen. VIII xix. §6 Baillifwikes or Baillyshyps of the Maners of Multon and Skirkebekys.
1570 Act 13 Eliz. iv. §13 His..office of Sheriffwicke, Escheatorship or Bayliffewike.
3. Stewardship.
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society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > [noun] > management on behalf of another or stewardship
bailliec1305
bailieshipc1375
dispensingc1380
dispensationc1384
dispending1388
procuracya1425
procuration1484
umboth1509
stewardship1526
proctorship1535
stewarding1548
bailiwick1550
farmership1551
factory1560
agency1600
bailiffwick1605
agentship1608
factorage1639
proctorage1641
oeconomacy1651
soliciting1663
stewartrya1763
factordom1888
1605 Answ. Supp. Disc. Rom. Doctr. 25 Popes and Princes must render account of their Bailifewicke.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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