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bailiwick
/ˈbeɪlɪˌwɪk/
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What does bailiwick mean?
noun
- The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
- A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbeɪlɪˌwɪk/
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During twenty sessions the survivors of the hecatombs of Arras and Cambrai passed through the ancient hall of the bailiwick at Amiens, where the ex-member of the Convention was tried.
Balliva (bailiwick) was the word formed from ballivus, to denote the extent of territory comprised within a bailiff's jurisdiction; and bailiwick is still retained in writs and other proceedings, as the name of a sheriff's county.
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‘Another writ has been issued (in His Majesty’s High Court of King’s Bench at Westminster), in another cause of HEEP V. MICAWBER, and the defendant in that cause is the prey of the sheriff having legal jurisdiction in this bailiwick.