Bailiwick - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Bailiwick : (noun)
1: the area over which a bailiff has 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" [syn: discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, branch of knowledge]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Bailiwick : \Bail"i*wick\, n. [Bailie, bailiff _ wick a village.] (Law) The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

BAILIWICK. The district over which a sheriff has jurisdiction; it signifies also the same as county, the sheriff'sBailiwick : extending over the county. 2. In England, it signifies generally that liberty which is exempted from the sheriff of the county over which the lord of the liberty appoints a bailiff. Vide Wood's Inst. 206.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Bailiwick
	CoachRomaNotes: Word-of-the-Day: Bailiwick...a special domain
	laurapy: @gwenbell Bike, swim, run. You can do mini versions, and there are also duathlons, if all three aren't your Bailiwick.
	msicism: of my very favorite filmmakers moves away from her/his Bailiwick & takes lessons learned into a new area of inquiry. Jennings, the consumate

Bailiwick - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Example Usage of Bailiwick