BAILIWICK

Bailiwick

A bailiwick is usually the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff, and may also apply to a territory in which the sheriff's functions were exercised by a privately appointed bailiff 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” formed a Ballei province.

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bailiwick

Noun

  1. the district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
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  2. a person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.


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