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Bailiwick. French baillie, government; bailler, to have custody of; wic, dwelling, station, jurisdiction. A word, introduced by the Normans, and equivalent to "county". The liberty, province, or jurisdiction of a sheriff. 1 Bl. Com. 311; 2 id. 37.
BAILIWICK. The district over which a sheriff has jurisdiction; it signifies also the same as county, the sheriff's bailiwick extending over the county.
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or of the government, as required by the constitution, and directed to the sheriff, commanding him that of the goods and chattels, and (where lands are liable for the payment of debts) of the lands and tenements of the defendant in his bailiwick, ...
There are two bodies, consisting each of twelve jurats, for Jersey and the bailiwick of Guernsey respectively. They are elected for life, in Jersey by the ratepayers, in Guernsey by the elective states.
"Bailiff" has its origin in Old French and Middle English for custodian, and in the Middle Ages was a significant position in the English court system. The word "bailiwick" originally meant the jurisdictional territory of a bailiff.
 See also: Court, Law, Person, Word, Judge
  
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