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bailiwick
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bailiwick
n.
bailiff's jurisdiction (Law); person's area of authority; field of knowledge of a person, expertise of a person
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Bailiwick
A bailiwick is usually the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff, and once also applied to territories in which a privately appointed bailiff exercised the sheriff's functions under a royal or imperial writ. The word is now more generally used in a metaphorical sense, to indicate a sphere of authority, experience, activity, study, or interest. A bailiwick was also the territorial division of the Teutonic Order. Here, various “Komtur(en)” formed a Ballei province.
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bailiwick
Noun
1. the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction
(hypernym) jurisdiction
2. a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"
(synonym) discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, branch of knowledge
(hypernym) knowledge domain, knowledge base
(hyponym) occultism
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Bailiwick
(n.)
The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.
The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.
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Bailiwick
The area of responsibility for a sheriff , responsible for keeping the peace and for enforcing the royal laws.
