Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BAIL-I-WICK
BAIL-I-WICK, n. [bailli, an officer, see Bailif, and Sax. wic.]
The precincts in which a bailif has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailif's authority; as a hundred, a liberty, a forest, over which a bailif is appointed. In the liberties and franchises of lords, the bailif has exclusive jurisdiction. – Encyc.
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