bailiwick
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ləˌwɪk noun
1.
the district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
2.
a person's area of skill, knowledge, authority, or work: to confine suggestions to one's own bailiwick.
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| —n | |
| 1. | law the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction |
| 2. | a person's special field of interest, authority, or skill |
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Example sentences
Now, perhaps you are thinking that some of these policies are beyond your bailiwick as financial aid officers.
Under state law the conduct of board meetings is the bailiwick of the directors.
In reality, personalities often shine way beyond their limited bailiwick.
It was patterned after the old system of county sheriffs who had control in their bailiwick and prison inmates working for them.
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