The grandmother A0 and childeren. Successive paper sizes in the series A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, and so forth, are defined by halving the preceding paper size along the larger dimension. Each format is cut into two equal pieces. In other words, the height of A1 is the width of A0 and the width of A1 is half the height of A0.
The word is now more generally used in a metaphorical sense, to indicate a sphere of authority, experience, activity, study, or interest. A bailiwick (German: âBalleiâ) was also the territorial division of the Teutonic Order. Here, various âKomtur(en)â formed a Ballei province.
The second origin is from the early medieval English for someone who lived in a forest glade. This is from the French word launde. Thirdly it may be locational from Launde, a village in Leicestershire recorded as Landa in 1163, and hence an early source for the surname.he first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Thomas de la Lande, which was dated 1205, in the Northamptonshire Pipe Rolls, during the reign of King John, known as Lackland, 1199 - 1216. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation.