BAIL IN ERROR

bail in error.Security given by a defendant who intends to bring a writ of error on a judgment and desires a stay of execution in the meantime. See appeal bond, supersedeas bond under BOND(2). BAILIVIA bailivia. See BAILIWICK. BAILIWICK

bailiwick (bay-l<<schwa>>-wik). The office, jurisdiction, or district of a bailiff; esp., a

bailiff’s territorial jurisdiction. — Also termed bailivia; baliva; balliva.

“In the early days a village was called a ‘wick.’ Each village had a bailiff who was its peace officer. His authority was limited to the territory of the wick. A bailiff was popularly referred to as a ‘bailie,’ and before long a bailie’s wick was expressed as his ‘bailiwick.’ And in time this word came to be used to indicate the special territory over which a peace officer exercises his authority as such. Although it may be changed by statute, the normal situation is that the bailiwick of a policeman is his city, the bailiwick of a sheriff is his county and the bailiwick of a state officer, such as a member of the Highway Patrol, is the state.” Rollin M. Perkins & Ronald N. Boyce, Criminal Law 1096 (3d ed. 1982). BAIL-JUMPING

bail-jumping,n. The criminal offense of defaulting on one’s bail. See Model Penal Code § 242.8. See JUMP BAIL. [Cases: Bail  97. C.J.S. Bail; Release and Detention Pending Proceedings § 73.] — jump bail,vb. — bail-jumper,n.[Blacks Law 8th]