Obs. [f. as prec. + -WICK.]

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  1.  The district under the jurisdiction of a bailiff.

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1709.  Strype, Ann. Ref., I. xxvi. 312. In case the sheriff … return, that the party … could not be found within his bailiffwick.

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1766.  in Entick, London, IV. 319. Proclaimed … throughout the whole bailiffwick.

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  2.  The office of a bailiff; = BAILIFFSHIP.

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1509.  Act 1 Hen. VIII., xix. § 6. Baillifwikes or Baillyshyps of the Maners of Multon and Skirkebekys.

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1570.  Act 13 Eliz., iv. § 13. His … office of Sheriffwicke, Escheatorship or Bayliffewike.

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  3.  Stewardship.

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1605.  Answ. Supp. Disc. Rom. Doctr., 25. Popes and Princes must render account of their Bailifewicke.

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