rare. Also 7 bailivery. [f. prec. + -RY. Cf. BAILIERY.] The office or jurisdiction of a bailiff, or bailie; a BAILIERY.
1598. Stow, Surv. (Strype, 1754), II. V. xxvii. 474/1. The Sheriffs Aldermen and Serjeants by authority of their Bailivery.
1708. Chamberlayne, St. Gt. Brit., II. I. ii. (1743), 306. Hereditary bailiffs of the king’s Bailiffry [anglicized for bailies and bailiery].
