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Webster 1913 Edition
Bailiwick
Bail′i-wick
,Noun.
[
Bailie
, bailiff
+ wick
a village.] (Law)
The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff’s authority.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bailiwick
BA'ILIWICK
, n.[bailli, an officer, see bailiff.]The precincts in which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority; as a hundred, a liberty, a forest, over which a bailiff is appointed. In the liberties and franchises of lords, the bailiff has exclusive jurisdiction.