"Bailiwick" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

algwasíl - (Sp. alguacil) Sheriff, bumbailiff, bailiff, under-bailiff, any other judiciary official below a judge; an armed patrol or guard.

A bailiff or steward; an agent.

An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a …

A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc.

Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, …

An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc.

In a general sense, a person to whom some authority, care, guardianship, or jurisdiction is delivered, committed, or intrusted; one …

In old Uw. A bailiff's jn-

Bailiff.

An ancient writ to remove a bailiff from his ofiice for want of sufficient lnnd in the bailiwick. Reg. orig. …

In old Engllsh law. Bailiff. This term is used in the laws of the colony of New Plymouth, Mass., A. …

The jurisdiction of a bedel, as a bailiwick is the jurisdiction of a bailiff. Co. Litt. 234b; Cowell

An officer having charge of a mine. A bailiff or chief officer among the Derbyshire miners, who, in addi-tion to …

The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.

In English law. Sheriffs* officers are so called, from thelr being usually bound to the sheriff in an obligation with …

See Bound bailiff, under Bound, a.

A person employed to dun one for a debt; a bailiff employed to ar-rest a debtor. Probably a vulgar corruption …

An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workmen; -- called also bailiff, and barmaster.

A bailiff's assistant.

L. Fr. A receiver; a bailiff. Kelham