bailiwick
bay li wik
- n the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction
- n a branch of knowledge
- Originally this was the bailiwick of President Chiang Kai-Shek, and from it he sallied, three years ago, at the head of the Nationalist Army which proceeded to conquer all China .
- He kept his bailiwickthe fashionable North Shore of Long Islandfriendly and peaceful.
- And they want control over substantial oil revenues generated in their bailiwick.