BA'ILIWICK, noun [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.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI