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baili·wick [ˈbeɪlɪwɪk] N

1. bailiwick (district or jurisdiction of a bailiff):

bailiwick

2. bailiwick inf (interest):

bailiwick

Steckenpferd nt

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The bailiwick was prosperous in the 15th and first part of the 16th century. en.wikipedia.org

They had an unwritten agreement that each would support the other in their own bailiwicks. en.wikipedia.org

Commissions may propose or review policies in their bailiwicks and make recommendations to the city council. en.wikipedia.org

Each bailiwick was left to make its own regulations as necessary. en.wikipedia.org

I think he thought it was his show and his bailiwick. en.wikipedia.org

The leaseholders elected a bailiff to receive the profits from the bailiwick, mainly from the administration of the market and distribute them to the shareholders. en.wikipedia.org

The bailiwick lessees promoted a much less regulated market than that found in boroughs elsewhere. en.wikipedia.org

At the time of its redeployment the high-bailiwick's population amounted to 300,000. en.wikipedia.org

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