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Mandavi Ballivo

(I have com-manded or made my mandate to the bailiff.) in English practice. The return made by a sheriff, where the bailiff of a liberty has the execution of a writ, that he has commanded the bailiff to execute it 1 Tidd, Pr. 309 ; 2 Tidd, Pr. 1025

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)