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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Bailiwick \Bail"i*wick\, n. [Bailie, bailiff + wick a village.]
(Law)
The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the
limits of a bailiff's authority.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Bailiwick \Bail"i*wick\, n. [Bailie, bailiff + wick a village.]
(Law)
The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the
limits of a bailiff's authority.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
bailiwick
n 1: the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction
2: a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his
doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their
subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"
[syn: discipline, subject, subject area, subject
field, field, field of study, study, branch of
knowledge]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
bailiwick
n.
1 The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
2 A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or
authority.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
bailiwick
n.
1 The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
2 A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or
authority.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
bailiwick
n.
1 The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
2 A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or
authority.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
bailiwick
n.
1 The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
2 A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or
authority.
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
bailiwick
Engelska n.
1 (tagg historia språk=en) fögderi, område styrt av en ''bailiff''
2 (tagg överfört språk=en) domän, område som någon är ansvarig för
eller intresserad av
3 kronbesittning, förvaltningsenhet
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Bailiwick /bˈeɪlɪwˌɪk/ دائرة النّفوذFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
bailiwick /bˈeɪlɪwˌɪk/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]šafářství
bailiwick /bˈeɪlɪwˌɪk/ VogteiFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ][adm.] [hist.] Note: Verwaltungsbezirk eines Landvogts Note: jurisdiction of a bailiff
bailiwick /bˈeɪlɪwˌɪk/ 1. mûködési kör 2. hatalomban tartott terület 3. joghatósági kerület 4. közigazgatási kerület 5. mûködési terület 6. rettegésben tartott környékFrom English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
bailiwick //ˈbeɪ.lɪ.wɪk//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]verksamhetsområde precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction
bailiwick /bˈeɪlɪwˌɪk/ 1. (huk.) "bailiff" denilen yetki bölgesi 2. (A.B.D.) ihtisas sahasıFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) : [ bouvier ]/ˈbeɪɫɪˌwɪk/
BAILIWICK. The district over which a sheriff has jurisdiction; it signifies
also the same as county, the sheriff's bailiwick extending over the county.
2. In England, it signifies generally that liberty which is exempted
from the sheriff of the county over which the lord of the liberty appoints a
bailiff. Vide Wood's Inst. 206.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
87 Moby Thesaurus words for "bailiwick":
Kreis, ambit, archbishopric, archdiocese, arena, arrondissement,
beat, bishopric, border, borderland, borough, bureau, canton,
champaign, circle, circuit, city, commissariat, commune,
congressional district, constablery, constablewick, constabulary,
constituency, county, demesne, departement, department, diocese,
district, domain, dominion, duchy, electoral district, electorate,
field, footing, government, hamlet, hemisphere, hundred,
judicial circuit, jurisdiction, magistracy, march, metropolis,
metropolitan area, ministry, municipality, neighborhood, oblast,
office, okrug, orb, orbit, pale, parish, place, precinct,
principality, province, quarter, realm, region, riding, round,
secretariat, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shire, shrievalty, soke,
sphere, sphere of influence, stake, stamping ground, state,
terrain, territory, town, township, turf, vantage, village, walk,
wapentake, ward
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]n. bailie 或 bailiff 之职,范围;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 执行官之职,范围