a. [f. med.L. balīv-us, ball-, baill-, f. F. baillif:—late L. bājulīvus (see BAILIFF) + -AL.] Of or pertaining to a ‘bailiff’ or his office.
1854. Longstaffe, Hist. Darlington, II. i. 93. Dickon-kists … constituted an estate of the balival family of Barnes.
