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noun 
  1. The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction, taken as a whole; the limits of a bailiff's authority.
  2. (by extension) A person or other entity's subject of authority; a realm.
  3. (by extension) A person or other entity's subject of interest; a realm.
    • 1996 November 29, in the w:Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
    • : By opening its doors to the needy for the first time on Thanksgiving yesterday, Le Mont joined several area restaurants in a charitable cause that has long been the of churches and soup kitchens.
Translations: 
  • French: bailliage(fr)m
    (trans-mid)
    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, A subject of interest)
    (trans-mid)
    (trans-bottom)
Etymology: From (term, bailie, , bailiff) and (term, -wick, , dwelling).<ref>http://www.wordorigins.org/Words/LetterB/bailiwick.html</ref>


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