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Bailiwick   /bˈeɪlɪwˌɪk/   Listen
Bailiwick

noun
1.
The area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction.
2.
A branch of knowledge.  Synonyms: discipline, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field.  "Teachers should be well trained in their subject" , "Anthropology is the study of human beings"





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"Bailiwick" Quotes from Famous Books



... In the bailiwick of Guernsey the person sworn lifts his right hand, and the presiding judge, who administers the oath, says "Vous jurez par la foi et le serment que vous devez a Dieu que," &c. Oaths of office, however, are taken on ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 211, November 12, 1853 • Various


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