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Bailiwick
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BailiwickThe 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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District
A certain portion of the country, separated from the rest for some special purposes.
Sheriff
The name of the chief officer of the county. In Latin he is called vice comes, because in England he represented the comes or earl. His name is said to be derived from the Saxon seyre, shire or county, and reve, keeper, bailiff, or guardian.
Jurisdiction
Practice. A power constitutionally conferred upon a judge or magistrate, to take cognizance of, and decide causes according to law, and to carry his sentence into execution. The tract of land or district within which a judge or magistrate has jurisdiction, is called his territory, and his power in relation to his territory is called his territorial jurisdiction.
County
Originally, a province governed by a count, - the earl or alderman to whom the government of the shire was entrusted. 1 Bl. Com. 116.
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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Bail
Criminal law: a commitment made (and possibly secured by cash or property) to secure the release of a person being held in custody and suspected of a crime, to provide some kind of guarantee that the suspect will appear to answer the charges at some later date.
Bail bond
An obligation signed by the accused to secure his or her presence at the trial. This obligation means that the accused may lose money by not properly appearing for the trial. Often referred to simply as "bond."
Bailable action
One in which the defendant is entitled to be discharged from arrest, only upon giving bail to answer.
Bailable process
Is that process by which an officer is required to arrest a person, and afterwards to take bail for his appearance.
Bailee
The person who receives property through a contract of bailment, from the bailor, and who may be committed to certain duties of care towards the property while it remains in his or her possession.
Bailiff
Office. Magistrates who for merly administered justice in the parliaments or courts of France, answering to the English sheriffs as mentioned by Bracton.
Bailment
The transfer of possession of something (by the bailor) to another person (called the bailee) for some temporary purpose (eg. storage) after which the property is either returned to the bailor or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the contract of bailment.
Bailor
Contracts. He who bails a thing to another.
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Bail bond
An obligation signed by the accused to secure his or her presence at the trial. This obligation means that the accused may lose money by not properly appearing for the trial. Often referred to simply as "bond."
Bailable action
One in which the defendant is entitled to be discharged from arrest, only upon giving bail to answer.
Bailable process
Is that process by which an officer is required to arrest a person, and afterwards to take bail for his appearance.
Bailee
The person who receives property through a contract of bailment, from the bailor, and who may be committed to certain duties of care towards the property while it remains in his or her possession.
Bailiff
Office. Magistrates who for merly administered justice in the parliaments or courts of France, answering to the English sheriffs as mentioned by Bracton.
Bailiwick
Bailment
The transfer of possession of something (by the bailor) to another person (called the bailee) for some temporary purpose (eg. storage) after which the property is either returned to the bailor or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the contract of bailment.
Bailor
Contracts. He who bails a thing to another.
Bair-man
Scottish law. A poor insolvent debtor left bare.
Bairn's part
Scottish law. Children's part a third part of the defunct's free movables, debts deducted, if the wife survive, and a half if there be no relict.
Bait and switch
In consumer fraud, advertising a low cost item and then steering the customer to a higher priced item when they come to buy, claiming the low priced item was "sold out."
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District
A certain portion of the country, separated from the rest for some special purposes.
Sheriff
The name of the chief officer of the county. In Latin he is called vice comes, because in England he represented the comes or earl. His name is said to be derived from the Saxon seyre, shire or county, and reve, keeper, bailiff, or guardian.
Jurisdiction
Practice. A power constitutionally conferred upon a judge or magistrate, to take cognizance of, and decide causes according to law, and to carry his sentence into execution. The tract of land or district within which a judge or magistrate has jurisdiction, is called his territory, and his power in relation to his territory is called his territorial jurisdiction.
County
Originally, a province governed by a count, - the earl or alderman to whom the government of the shire was entrusted. 1 Bl. Com. 116.
Bailiwick
The district over which a sheriff has jurisdiction; it signifies also the same as county, the sheriff's bailiwick extending over the county.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Bail
Criminal law: a commitment made (and possibly secured by cash or property) to secure the release of a person being held in custody and suspected of a crime, to provide some kind of guarantee that the suspect will appear to answer the charges at some later date.
Bail bond
An obligation signed by the accused to secure his or her presence at the trial. This obligation means that the accused may lose money by not properly appearing for the trial. Often referred to simply as "bond."
Bailable action
One in which the defendant is entitled to be discharged from arrest, only upon giving bail to answer.
Bailable process
Is that process by which an officer is required to arrest a person, and afterwards to take bail for his appearance.
Bailee
The person who receives property through a contract of bailment, from the bailor, and who may be committed to certain duties of care towards the property while it remains in his or her possession.
Bailiff
Office. Magistrates who for merly administered justice in the parliaments or courts of France, answering to the English sheriffs as mentioned by Bracton.
Bailment
The transfer of possession of something (by the bailor) to another person (called the bailee) for some temporary purpose (eg. storage) after which the property is either returned to the bailor or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the contract of bailment.
Bailor
Contracts. He who bails a thing to another.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Bail bond
An obligation signed by the accused to secure his or her presence at the trial. This obligation means that the accused may lose money by not properly appearing for the trial. Often referred to simply as "bond."
Bailable action
One in which the defendant is entitled to be discharged from arrest, only upon giving bail to answer.
Bailable process
Is that process by which an officer is required to arrest a person, and afterwards to take bail for his appearance.
Bailee
The person who receives property through a contract of bailment, from the bailor, and who may be committed to certain duties of care towards the property while it remains in his or her possession.
Bailiff
Office. Magistrates who for merly administered justice in the parliaments or courts of France, answering to the English sheriffs as mentioned by Bracton.
Bailiwick
Bailment
The transfer of possession of something (by the bailor) to another person (called the bailee) for some temporary purpose (eg. storage) after which the property is either returned to the bailor or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the contract of bailment.
Bailor
Contracts. He who bails a thing to another.
Bair-man
Scottish law. A poor insolvent debtor left bare.
Bairn's part
Scottish law. Children's part a third part of the defunct's free movables, debts deducted, if the wife survive, and a half if there be no relict.
Bait and switch
In consumer fraud, advertising a low cost item and then steering the customer to a higher priced item when they come to buy, claiming the low priced item was "sold out."
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