bailiwick

He does so, hands in his star and rides on, leaving his bailiwick in the condition his patrons wanted.
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Now see here, my daughter, you're getting out of your bailiwick.
The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop|Hamlin Garland
And if in one place in his bailiwick I haven't fried that codfish Granger to a crisp, it's not because I haven't been industrious.
Mixed Faces|Roy Norton
William de Staunton held the bailiwick there, and Reginald Abbenhall the woods.
The Forest of Dean|H. G. Nicholls

This plan should become, by your influence, the text of all the bailiwick memorials.
A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times|Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
In 1733 the bailiwick was transferred to Vevey and just seventy years later the castle became the property of Vaud.
The Spell of Switzerland|Nathan Haskell Dole

British Dictionary definitions for bailiwick

bailiwick

/ (ˈbeɪlɪwɪk) /

noun

law the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction

a person's special field of interest, authority, or skill

Word Origin for bailiwick

C15: from baili(e) + wick ²

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bailiwick

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