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bailival

bailival adjective: relating to, or ruled by, a bailiff.

Adjective

bailival (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Relating to, or ruled by, a bailiff.
    • Timber of the required length was not available in the bailival district of Morges, but it was possible to buy a sufficient quantity of oak trees from the government of Freiburg.1977, The Mariner's Mirror: The Journal of the Society for Nautical Research, volumes 63-64, page 19

Questions about bailival

What does bailival mean?
Bailival means relating to, or ruled by, a bailiff.
What part of speech is bailival?
Bailival is an adjective.

Words near bailival in the dictionary

  1. bailing on
  2. bailing out
  3. bailing out on
  4. bailing up
  5. bailings
  6. bailival
  7. bailivate
  8. bailivates
  9. bailiwick
  10. Bailiwick of Guernsey
  11. bailiwicks

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