The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction. / A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.

(historical, Norman term) A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period.

present participle of bail

The act by which something is bailed.

plural of bailiwick

A law enforcement officer who polices bodies of water, such as rivers, lake or coastal waters.

plural of bailiff

present participle of bail out

plural of water bailiff

Obsolete form of bailiwick.