The territorial jurisdiction of a sheriff or bailiff. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition The district over which a sheriff has jurisdiction; it signifies also the same as county, the sheriff's bailiwick extending over the county. 2. In England, it signifies generally that liberty which is exempted from the sheriff of the county over which the lord of the liberty … [Read more...] about BAILIWICK
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BACULUS
A rod, staff, or wand, used in old English practice in making livery of seisin where no building stood on the land, (Bract. 40;) a stick or wand, by the erection of which on the land involved in a real action the defendant was summoned to put in his appearance; this was called "baculus nuntiatorius." 3 Bl. Comm. 279. … [Read more...] about BACULUS
BAHADUM
A chest or coffer. Fleta. BAIIi, v. To procure the release of a person from legal custody, by undertaking that he shall appear at the time and place designated and submit himself to the jurisdiction and judgment of the court To set at liberty a person arrested or imprisoned, on security being taken for his appearance on a day and a place certain, which security is called … [Read more...] about BAHADUM
BAILLEUR DE FONDS
In Canadian law. The unpaid vendor of real estate. … [Read more...] about BAILLEUR DE FONDS
BAD
Substantially defective; inapt; not good. The technical word for unsoundness in pleading. Bad debt. Generally speaking, one which is uncollectible. But technically, by statute in some states, the word may have a more precise meaning. In Louisiana, bad debts are those which have been prescribed against (barred by limitations) and those due by bankrupts who have not surrendered … [Read more...] about BAD